Tonight we’re celebrating the last days of summer with ice cream from Wilbur’s in Scituate and fishing with Captain Rick who’s biz card reads “burn fuel..kill fish.” And we’re listening to the musical sounds of Erika Alsen. We first met her at the Tinker’s Son in Norwell singing country songs. She’s bringing her guitar and entertaining us tonight.

So tune in….

Wanted to wish all our listeners a happy new year! We’ve enjoyed coming into your living rooms, offices and cars and maybe a few of you who listen from the bathroom too. LOL

We’re working hard behind the scenes to come up with great new shows for 2010! So have a safe and healthy new year’s eve and we’ll see you next year!

Think the animal kingdom only exists in nature? Think again. There’s a whole world or animals online for pet owners and animal enthusiasts. Or for the occasionally curious.

Here’s our favorite animal-related sites:

• Pet recipes. Because it’s not enough to cook for your spouse, yourself and your brood of kids. You can cook up a batch of feline potatoes au gratin or pawfict dog biscuits. Or Rhode Island dog chowder.
• rescue an animal at petfinder.com or adopt a pet. Search this database of over 100,000 dogs and cats. It’s got 558,000 visitors a month (stats from compete.com)
• MSPCA.org. The 2nd oldest humane society in the US. founded in 1868. They provide animal protection and adoption, advocacy, humane education, law enforcement and veterinary care. Download free animal ring tones and wallpaper.
• check your pet’s health. You’ve heard of webmd for humans. How there’s petmd.com. 225,000 visitors (stats from compete.com)
• strange animal facts. Like a snail can sleep for 3 years? Now that’s a nap!
• weird things animals swallow. One word – ouch!
• 10 bizarre defense mechanisms. Two words – say what?

As we Tour Norwell, our tour is not complete until we talk about the two wonderful theatre groups. Tonight, we’ll talk to: Rosann Weeks, Artistic Director, Dreamchasers. Learn more about the Dreamchasers theatre group at
http://www.dreamchaserstheatre.org/ and Zoe Bradford, one of the co-founders and Artistic Director of the Company Theatre- celebrating over 30 years of entertaining the South Shore! Learn more about the Company Theater at www.Companytheater.com

Lots of great talent ont he South Sore and tonight we’ll hear all about it!

Joining us in the studio is Cady Zildjian, Director of New Business Development for Zildjian as well as a member of the 15th generation of her family to work in her family’s business.  Did you know that Zildjian, the Country’s most prominent cymbol manufacturer, is also the country’s oldest family run business?  We are fortunate to have this company based in Norwell- yet another Incredible Business Innovator contributing to the South Shore Business Landscape!  

Tonight we’ll learn the company’s history and continued visions for growth.  As it was started in 1623, we’ll have lots to talk about!  Learn more about Zildjian from its You Tube Tour Series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJC3gSHtaL8

Thought all the extreme fanatics lived in Florida? Nope! We’ve got a crew of Xtremers living right here on the south shore.

Tonight we’ve got four of them in the studio – Mike Marsh, wakeboarder gone pro-circuit (pictured left), Anthony Geraci, NETRA offroad dirt bike champion 3 years (04,05,06), Jarrod O’Leary who does crazy motorcycle stunts (yeah, the big heavy ones!) and Jon Basile who surfs year round (even in -10degree weather).

These Adrenalin junkies are serious athletes (kids don’t try this at home!). They all do multiple sports too — triathlons, boogie boarding, windsurfing, skateboarding…you name it, they do it! And if we had asked… they would have packed the studio with twenty or thirty more  stunt riding, extreme surfing, dirt bike riding, wakeboarding friends…we’re sure of it!

Of course, as crazy as these daredevils are…we found a few extreme sports that you’ve probably never heard of and maybe wish you hadn’t.

That part comes later on The Virtual View:

1. Stunt Pogo.

This is not your father’s pogo stick. The “flybar”, a super springy pogo stick, can launch people seven feet in the air. Stunt pogoing has it’s own brand of tricks and incorporates styles from BMX and skateboarding, just without the cool factor. Check out this video from the NYC street games and you might be so impressed, youmight go out and buy a pogo stick.

2. Dirt Surfing

Dirt surfing is a board sport where riders coast along an inline board over roads, mountains, grass and anything else they want. The bigger wheels work on more terrains and some disciplines attach a kite to the board and take it to the next level – wingsurfing.  Watch this video

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It’s tonight! The long awaited “hops” show on South Shore Live and Stan has been working hard (or hardly working. LOL) lining up tonight’s guests.  He’s  got the folks from Harpoon and they’re bringing in tastings! He’s got Mayflower Brewing and Narragansett Beer. And Joe from Curtis Liquors where they are doing an 100 beer tasting on Oct 31st.

And on the Virtual View we want to know – what can beer lovers could do online?

• start with the beer lego song. Someone had a lot of time on their hands.
  
• then take the what type of beer you are quiz?
• if you’re a beer expert, take the advanced beer quiz or try this beer quiz from Slashfood
  
• if you’ve got an opinion goto ratebeer.com which touts itself as the most accurate and most-visited source for beer information. Compete.com says they get 87,000 visitors a month.
• laugh about this dumb beer criminal.
• then vote! – Guinness is holding a petition to make St. Patrick’s day an official holiday. They’re calling it proposition 3-17.
• then make your own home brew at Northern Brewer. These guys know their stuff.

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