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Kevmath

01-21-2005, 08:44 AM

From DCRTV.com:

DCRTV is hearing rumblings that Infinity is seriously thinking about putting WHFS-type tunes on Charm City's WXYV, Live 105.7. We're being told that the talk station will, for the time being, keep Howard Stern in mornings and Don and Mike in afternoons, but may run alternative rock during evenings and overnights, and on weekends. Goodbye to DC's Ron and Fez at 7 PM? We also hear that some personnel from WHFS, which flipped to Spanish-language music last week, have been seen chatting it up with Infinity's suits in Towson. Even at the end, alt rock WHFS got decent ratings numbers in the Baltimore market, often not far below rival WIYY, 98 Rock...

Kevin...

Walking around with your head in the clouds makes no sense at all. - Husker Du

WNEWstinks

01-21-2005, 09:13 AM

Does this mean they are canning R&F in Baltimore?

Well that goodness I have SU!!

I'M GETTING BILLY STAPLES BIG ASS CARD!!!

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Freakshow

01-21-2005, 10:16 AM

I love the smell of speculation in the morning.

Smells like Infinity...

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curtoid

01-21-2005, 11:10 AM

Well, let's consider Dave and his "rumblings" -

Yes, he did get the scuttle right when R&F first went on in Baltimore, however...

there were the rumblings that WHFS would flip to Spanish "any day" that he made back in 2001...

And recently he heard rumblings that WJFK would be getting the rights to "The Nationals" (and while those rights haven't come to fruition), it seems likely they will be with a Clear Channel station...

OH! And there were no rumblings right before the HFS switch, the Junks to JFK, O'Reilly to tape delayed or The Hideout being shafted.

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mikeyboy

01-21-2005, 11:38 AM

Well, if that happens, that sucks. I know of a number of Baltimore fans who will be very disappointed.

If Live 105 is to be the new WHFS, the least they could do is take HFS alums Big O and Dukes off the air on WJFK and send them up to Baltimore, and to give the Hideout back a slot on WJFK (weekends or overnights if they refuse to budge on O'Reilly)

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JuvyJuice

01-21-2005, 12:15 PM

DAMMIT! F You Virgin!! who wants to listen to Green Day or Linkin Park instead of the buddays??!!! Stupid Infinity. Just when R & F were establishing themselves in Baltimore.

where's Loveline?

INFINITY BROADCASTING AND AMERICA ONLINE TO PRESENT

WHFS RADIO ONLINE

POPULAR ALTERNATIVE ROCK STATION LAUNCHES ON THE AOL(r) RADIO NETWORK AND WHFS.COM

WHFS Programming Returns To The Air On Nights And Weekends On Infinity Baltimore's Live 105.7 FM Beginning On Friday, Jan. 21

Infinity Broadcasting and America Online today announced the launch of WHFS.com, a 24-hour, seven day a week audio stream of the former Infinity alternative rock station. The online radio station will be available to millions of listeners on the Web at WHFS.com and through the AOL Radio Network, America Online's leading network of Internet radio services which include Radio@AOL and Radio@Netscape, beginning on Friday, Jan. 21. Programming will include new music, archive programming from WHFS and performances from past HFStivals.

99.1 "El Zol" WHFS-FM in Washington, D.C. debuted a Spanish-language format on Wednesday, Jan. 12. Pending regulatory approval, the station will change its call letters to WZLL-FM.

"We heard loud and clear how important WHFS and its programming are to the Washington, D.C./Baltimore community, and through our partnership with AOL, we are thrilled to be able to bring WHFS back to its passionate and loyal fans," said David Goodman, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Infinity. "The legacy of WHFS as a pioneering music station will continue to live on for millions of listeners around the world."

"WHFS is an institution in the alternative rock community in D.C., and it's great to be able to give the station a new home online -- on AOL(r) Radio," said Jack Isquith, Executive Director of Music Industry Relations for AOL(r) Music and the AOL Radio Network.

AOL will promote the new station through AOL(r) City Guide (www.aolcityguide.com <www.aolcityguide.com/>) in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, M.D. and on AOL Music (www.aolmusic.com <www.aolmusic.com/>).

In a related announcement, Infinity Baltimore's FM Talk station, Live 105.7, will also debut "HFS on Live 105.7" weeknights beginning at 7:00PM and all day Saturdays and Sundays beginning on Friday, Jan. 21. Hosted nightly by Tim Virgin, the exclusive programming will feature personalities and music previously heard on the station, including well-known artists Green Day, Depeche Mode and Linkin Park, among others.

(More)Infinity...2

Live 105.7 FM's daytime programs, including Howard Stern and Don & Mike, will continue to be broadcast in their regular timeperiod.

Infinity is one of the largest major-market radio operators in the United States, with stations covering the news, modern rock, oldies, country, FM talk, classic rock and urban formats, among others. A division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIAB), Infinity operates 183 radio stations, the majority of which are in the nation's top 50 markets. Additionally, Infinity is home to 29 of the country's leading sports franchises amongst MLB, the NFL, the NBA and the NHL.

The AOL Radio Network is a leading online radio network nearly 9 million unique visitors per month,* and over 200 stations of music, news, sports and talk. The network has more than 175 originally programmed music stations, which also feature recordings from AOL Music's popular AOL Music Sessions, intimate in-studio performance series; AOL Music LIVE! weekly concert series; First Listens, worldwide debuts of the most eagerly anticipated songs before they are available anywhere else; All-Artist stations and Celebrity DJ stations. In addition, the network features stations from some of the most respected names in broadcasting.

About America Online, Inc.
America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services.

Freakshow

01-21-2005, 12:48 PM

That's adding insult to injury. Taking off RnF, and replacing it with something that is streaming on the net.

Figures, I was living in Baltimore and they weren't on, I moved to VA, and then they were on up there. Now i'm moving back and they won't be on. It must be me.

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okterrificsk

01-21-2005, 01:27 PM

yet another reason to HATE infinity . god they stink on ice.

mikeyboy

01-21-2005, 01:58 PM

Ugh. Once again, radio executives have their heads up their asses. They screwed up by flipping WHFS without a modicum of class, and were probably genuinely suprised by the outcry of what they did to such a legendary station. The station that everyone misses has been dead for at least 10 years. Rather than realize that the outrage was more from the station's history rather than what it had become, they decide that there is a market for the 2005 version of the station and re-launch. (yeah, yeah. I know the Baltimore ratings for WHFS were better, but were they good enough to warrant a re-launch of the station?)

Morons.

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Tenbatsuzen

01-21-2005, 02:40 PM

This already was tried, and failed. Or do I have to point out "F-A-N on 'NEW"?

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Tenbatsuzen

01-21-2005, 02:41 PM

BTW, I had heard Virgin was bouncing back up to WNEW. Interesting.

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how879

01-21-2005, 03:20 PM

this sucks. I started listening to the boys when I moved to the dc area in 2000 and had to live without them for over a year when I moved to baltimore. Then they finally show up here and now they're snatched away. they didn't even get a chance to say goodbye.

steels?

mikeyboy

01-21-2005, 04:24 PM

R&F just announced that this is their last night on the air in Tampa. :(

Ron hinted that more changes are in the air.

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Kevmath

01-21-2005, 04:24 PM

BTW, tonight's the last night in Tampa as well.

Kevin...

Damn you Mikey. :mad:

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torker

01-21-2005, 04:32 PM

I'm very confused...
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mikeyboy

01-21-2005, 04:42 PM

I have no idea, but the dominos are falling. It could mean a time change, and they are getting rid of the affiliates because of the difficulty in moving a show in three markets instead of one. Under the current schedule, if they are going to move, it would probably be a swap with the Junkies, and R&F would move to midday. If the Stern exit is imminent, it could mean something else entirely. Of course, there's also the worst scenario, which means they are leaving the airways in DC (this makes no sense to me, but switching Live 105.7 to "WHFS lite" doesn't make sense to me either. Whatever happens, I hope it ends up favorably for R&F. They've been dicked around by this company far too often.

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BoondockSaint

01-21-2005, 04:56 PM

I really hope this turns out to be something good for the boys. Everytime they seem to get a little momentum and on the verge of starting something that could be long lasting, some idiot makes a shitty decision and they have to start back at square one.

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WNEWstinks

01-21-2005, 05:32 PM

So now they are just on in DC??

Are they still on in upstate NY??

I'M GETTING BILLY STAPLES BIG ASS CARD!!!

mikeyboy

01-21-2005, 05:33 PM

They are on Tampa and DC tonight, but after tonight, just DC. They were never on in upstate NY.

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Kevmath

01-21-2005, 05:36 PM

They were never on in upstate NY.

Guess I better turn off my radio then.

Kevin...
(CNY's R+F fan)

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Legolas

01-21-2005, 07:18 PM

so anymore clues being dropped.

Ron: Are they lifeguards or lifepussies?!?!

curtoid

01-21-2005, 09:57 PM

This really does suck. It really does show how little the suits know or care about their listeners.

Anyway, while they were pulled off of Baltimore because of a format change, the Tampa move was actually their call.

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Kevin

01-21-2005, 10:17 PM

Anyway, while they were pulled off of Baltimore because of a format change, the Tampa move was actually their call.

Any idea why Curtoid? werent they dieing to get back to Tampa for years?

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curtoid

01-22-2005, 07:29 AM

I don't really know - I suspect that they, like everyone else, is just waiting to see what happens between Stern & Infinity and how all of that shakes out with the rest of the shows, and they just wanted to make their own personal situation as free as possible. I was just surprised to hear it was their decision.

I really get the impression that nothing is off the table at this point with them and the choices they will make for their future.

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PaulyLooseBowel

01-22-2005, 09:07 AM

from dcrtv.com:

Live 105.7 Says Adios To "Shalom" - 1/22 - DCRTV hears that "ShalomUSA," a Jewish program which aired Sundays, is being dumped from Baltimore's Live 105.7. The station, as DCRTV has reported, is discontinuing its weekend and evening talk shows for alternative rock and personalities from the defunct format at WHFS. Producers of the show, which was in the midst four weeks of live programming from Israel, were notified Friday that the airtime was gone. "Would it really have mattered to the general community to give the Jewish community two hours each week for the next two weeks to finish the remotes from Israel? Poor public relations from Infinity," a show producer says. "ShalomUSA" is in negotiations to find a new local radio outlet.....

Well now they've gone too far...

bobrobot

01-22-2005, 10:50 AM

I LOVED Shalom USA. Death to the first born male child of all Infinity executives, oh yeah, and frogs and locusts all over their posh mansions too, and I hope they get molested by evil spirits who escape from Ouija boards too!!! They should change the name of the company to Finite, cause nothing ever lasts...

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DirtyRed

01-22-2005, 08:14 PM

I think Infinity has purely lost their minds! They seem to have no appreciation, or respect for their listeners at all! On Jan 27th, it will be 2 years since infinity yanked the Ron & Fez Show from we New York listeners! I never hoped that any other market would have to experience the pain!, and hopeless loss of a beloved show due to the callousness of Infinity! God bless you!, keep your head up!, and know that you're not alone in your bereavement!

There's No Way Of Cleaning A Dirty Red Man!

bobrobot

01-23-2005, 04:09 AM

A suggestion if you are a jilted Baltimore listener, a shortwave radio works well to pick up JFK in DC, and it's real time, unlike the SU (nothing against the SU intended)...

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pOOpsHIp

01-23-2005, 04:39 AM

Hey bobo, I have a shortwave, but am not overly familiar with working the thing....
Got any suggestions on where to start my tuning?

It is a digital readout.

Thanks.

bobrobot

01-23-2005, 04:54 PM

all mine have an FM setting, it's just that the magnets in shortwave antennae are so damn big that even a little shortwave will have excellent reception! It's not gonna pull in DC from NY, but it'll get 106.7 in Balto.!!!

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Billy Staples

01-23-2005, 05:59 PM

damn the 27th is an evil number

any of these moves a deal breaker and make the guys free agents?

Staples

okterrificsk

01-23-2005, 10:36 PM

Staples

" Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life ."

miss billy

anyway i hope it is a deal breaker. unless something else is going on that is benificial to RnF infinity is disrespecting RnF big time. XM?

bobrobot

01-24-2005, 06:23 AM

any of these moves a deal breaker and make the guys free agents?

R&F still have DC & DC's the money market, the real $$$ in Balto. is in the treatment of STDs, not radidio...

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Freakshow

01-24-2005, 07:34 AM

The Junkies were supposed to be on 105.7, now there is new Out To Lunch guys? What the heck is going on up there?

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mikeyboy

01-24-2005, 07:39 AM

The Junkies were supposed to be on 105.7, now there is new Out To Lunch guys? What the heck is going on up there?

For the past few days, Live 105 has been running promos for OTL stating that new hosts would be starting today. I don't think Infinity ever said the Junkies would be on in Baltimore, but I believe that the Junkies said on the air last week that they would likely be on Live 105 starting today.

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curtoid

01-24-2005, 08:10 AM

Ha! At least R&F aren't the only one's getting screwed over by "Live 105."

Supposedly the Junkies were pretty pissed off about it on the air today - they indicated that they were told they would be getting Balmer. And when someone called into the new OTL and asked if they were there warming the chairs for the Junks, they responded that the Junkies were a DC show, and they they were a Baltimore show.

Ugh!

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bobrobot

01-24-2005, 08:19 AM

setting up OTL as a franchise is establishing an abattoir for Baltimore radio hosts. The clowns that are on today are too Baltimoronic to be believed. They make the characters in John Waters' films seem like Rhodes Scholars! And they are crowing that Baltimore doesn't want DC radio shows. I'd put R&F over EVERY OTHER SHOW on WXYV, get The Hideout on there! Hell, I'd rather hear George Nouri rebroadcasts than the speedbumps that are on the air right now!!! Though I could live without the Junkies, I feel they give that noble a term a bad name...Can I castrate my ears, is that possible???

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Freakshow

01-24-2005, 08:24 AM

I don't think Infinity ever said the Junkies would be on in Baltimore, but I believe that the Junkies said on the air last week that they would likely be on Live 105 starting today.

They spent about and hour talking about it today to start the show. They got a bit inside and said they had an agreement, and had even determined advertising rates with 105.7.

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pOOpsHIp

01-24-2005, 08:26 AM

i have written to live105 in support of the junkies, and you should too.

Perhaps a petition is in order.

These guys on air now are WEAK.

curtoid

01-24-2005, 08:37 AM

And they are crowing that Baltimore doesn't want DC radio shows.

Well - they've "wanted" Don and Mike for almost 15 years, not to mention giving the Junkies better ratings while at WHFS than DC did - oh! And Baltimorons didn't seem to mind where Ron and Fez were from.

Sounds like a PD up there is flexing trying to be a little cock-sure and tell the Infinity muckity-mucks what they can do with their plans.

i have written to live105 in support of the junkies, and you should too

I should? Why?

I'm not worried about the Junkies - this is Red State America and they will do just fine. I'm more concerned about The Ron and The Fez. I'd write about that dumb-headed move before I'd write about the Junkies - if I could find the contact information on the website.

Live 105 site (http://www.live1057.com/index.shtml)

Well, I couldn't find a regular e-mail address on their site, and I don't want to sign up for their crappy "e-mail" club. (http://www.live1057.com/email_club.shtml)but I did find the old R&F page which they no longer link to, but is still on their servers.

Ron and Fez page still up on "Live 105" site (http://www.live1057.com/ronandfez.shtml)

Reading it still makes my eyes bleed - Ray Bottoms' lamenting the demise of WNEW with the over dramatic "fate dealt R & F, and the entire talk format of the New York station a fatal blow in August 2002" - as if that was the only event in R&F's almost 20 years that defined them, OR that anyone in Baltimore would know what he was trying to say, OR even if they did WHY WOULD THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THEM!?!

Argh!

"Ron and Fez had lost a show on a top FM station in the number 1 radio market in the USA. Speculation as to what would become of the R & F show were answered, when Ron and Fez were transferred to sister station, WJFK-FM in Washington D.C. and now they're on Baltimore's Live 105.7 from 7pm - 11pm!"

I personally liked WB, but he deserved a neck slap for that in-itself.

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SatCam

01-24-2005, 11:05 AM

nightwind

01-24-2005, 11:16 AM

OK, so 105.7 a TALK station is now playing rock music.

They are bringing back a station with crappy ratings, and playing what it being played online.

The talk station is now half talk, half music.

I am actually in shock over the sheer stupidity of this decision to cancel Ron and Fez over more rock...when we ALREALY have DC 101 and 98ROCK.

So....I need to go to the station.

Where is the address of 105.7

Maybe we all need to get together one day, and be very obvious over our anger over the stations format change.

They say that people wanted HFS back so bad, that they brought it back. (and we all know thats B.S)

How about those that want HFS gone so bad, that they can take it away?

I am serious, I really want to do something.

DrinksNShrinks

01-24-2005, 11:28 AM

600 Washington Ave, Ste. 201 Towson

bobrobot

01-24-2005, 11:33 AM

WXYV Live 105.7
600 Washington Ave.
Towson, MD
(410) 828-7722
It was just a month or 2 ago, I was marching up and down in front of that building to welcome R&F to Baltimore in general & the OTL show in particular, now they're all gone!!! BTW this is radio world HQ for Balto., there's like 6 or more stations operating outta there...
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Legolas

01-24-2005, 12:26 PM

mikeyboy

01-24-2005, 12:28 PM

Why? It's better than trying to pretend the NY days didn't happen which is what their WJFK bio reflects.

But they do. The bio reads so tortuously because they try to keep the context of what was ripped from SatCam's site, but delete any reference to O&A.

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TheRealEddie

01-24-2005, 02:37 PM

Hey Satcam,

Thats a pretty cool site. Nice job!

-e

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TheMojoPin

01-24-2005, 03:17 PM

Reading it still makes my eyes bleed - Ray Bottoms' lamenting the demise of WNEW with the over dramatic "fate dealt R & F, and the entire talk format of the New York station a fatal blow in August 2002" - as if that was the only event in R&F's almost 20 years that defined them, OR that anyone in Baltimore would know what he was trying to say, OR even if they did WHY WOULD THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THEM!?!

Argh!

"Ron and Fez had lost a show on a top FM station in the number 1 radio market in the USA. Speculation as to what would become of the R & F show were answered, when Ron and Fez were transferred to sister station, WJFK-FM in Washington D.C. and now they're on Baltimore's Live 105.7 from 7pm - 11pm!"

I personally liked WB, but he deserved a neck slap for that in-itself.

Why? It's better than trying to pretend the NY days didn't happen which is what their WJFK bio reflects.

I'd argue that they were their happiest when they were in the number 1 radio market.

Ron: Are they lifeguards or lifepussies?!?!

You honestly think an Infinity station is going to go into what ultimately what forced R&F off of WNEW and out of New York, when the company views it as a giant embarassment?

I'm not saying it's right, but it shouldn't be unexpected. That said, it wouldn't be hard to say they were in NYC at some point in there careers. To act like it didn't happen at all is asinine.

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bobrobot

01-24-2005, 04:00 PM

To act like it didn't happen at all is asinine.

U R entering the all spin zone!!!

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curtoid

01-24-2005, 04:59 PM

glazer

01-24-2005, 05:28 PM

I found this email address ... i heard people were looking for one. It was on the "new" out to lunch page, but it seems like a generic address for the station.

live1057wxyv@aol.com

have fun with it.

irishtoothache.com (http://www.irishtoothache.com)

Legolas

01-24-2005, 07:26 PM

It is great for a tribute site, but I took issue from a marketing point a view - trying to sell an unknown product to a community by not just mentioning a negative, but going out of the way to point it out, just in case anyone missed it.

Mizzle should have been asked to write something for Live 105 - he would have done it perfectly.

you don't have to go negative but their bio doesn't even mention that they were in nyc. they were able to mention florida w/o going neg.
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Ron & Fez, featuring Ron Bennington and Fez Whatley, are already known as two of radio's most successful funnymen. As the "Ron & Fez" show they dominated morning radio throughout Florida in the mid-90's.

Now they're back...at WJFK! This is definitely not your father's radio show, but a trip through the funny, offbeat and unusual. It's high entertainment... interesting, weird, with lots of laughs... a guaranteed winner in Washington's fast-paced environment.

Ron: Are they lifeguards or lifepussies?!?!

pOOpsHIp

01-24-2005, 07:36 PM

Maybe my calander is all whacked, but I lived in Tampa in the mid 90s, and I just remember Ron and Ron.

And Billy the phone freak, and Larry the cable guy, and flipper, and BA and Lynn Austin(?) and whomever.

Did they start RnF way back then?

Also, Harry Dangler was so fricken cool in the FLA lounge (w/ Fonda Peters) many moons ago.....

Any word on that nut?

curtoid

01-24-2005, 08:01 PM

you don't have to go negative but their bio doesn't even mention that they were in nyc. they were able to mention florida w/o going neg.

My only point was about Baltimore & Live 105 and what was written - they obviously could have mentioned NY and FL without painting them as victims.

I'm not going to defend what was done on the WJFK website. Anyone who knows the histories knows that WJFK & Infinity has issues with what happened at WNEW - maybe something to do with the millions in lost revenue.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/curtoid/44.jpg

THE RON AND FEZ SHOW...SPREAD THE IRIS!

This message was edited by curtoid on 1-25-05 @ 12:02 AM