Request Line: I’m Seein’ Stars Here!

WES WELKER: [sits in radio booth with a dazed expression] PRODUCER: [through earpiece] Come on, Wes.  Introduce the segment. WELKER: [blinks, glances around] PRODUCER: Shit.  Connor, go in there and poke him with something. CONNOR: [enters the radio booth and pokes WES WELKER on the shoulder] WELKER: [turns, smiles broadly] Hey!  Welcome!  It looks like

DFO Radio: Air Guitar

An incredibly handsome, yet thoroughly disheveled blogger shambles into his office after a long journey. RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY: [sets down baggage] RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY: [removes crumpled boarding pass from pocket, is one again amused to find flight confirmation code started with "RTD"] RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY: [sets head down on desk] Ten minutes pass. RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY: [sits up, runs hands through hair] RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY: [blearily rubs red

DFO Radio: February Almost Done

This blues playlist from last Friday features John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Son House, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan; a boatload of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Billie Holiday. Lest this group be accused of being too Smithsonian-y, some Thunder, JJ Cale & Leon Russell,

Request Line: February Done Me Wrong

February is not over yet and the main story after the Super Bowl has been on Peyton Manning’s alleged testicles. Every offseason is the worst, but this one started on an honest-to-goodness deep funk. Broncos fans may differ; I hope all their keys fall down a sewer. Destiny toyed with the Steelers,

Request Line: Rob Ryan’s Rockin’ All Hallow’s Eve

ROB RYAN: AWWOOOOWOOOOWOOOOOOO!!!! DFO TRANSLATION ALGORITHM: Hello, and welcome to a surprise midseason edition of Request Line! I'm your special host Rob Ryan, and today we'll be taking requests for your favorite Halloween songs. ROB RYAN: [mournful howl] DFO TRANSLATION ALGORITHM: I'd like to take this opportunity to personally apologize for the quality

DFO Radio: Do Your Worst!

Last week Monty This Seems Strange to me took over Request Line, and for some inexplicable reason decided to collect requests for the worst songs ever.  As such, I do not expect anyone to have much interest in listening to this week's edition of DFO Radio, but these airwaves won't...uh...broadcast themselves,