Vicious Circle

Vicious Circle 120 – Cue the Music

alan — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:06:24 +0000

Vicious Circle 120 – Cue the Music

Alan, Barron & Janelle, Weerd, Jim, Gay Cynic, Thotpd and Breda.

This is the final episode of Vicious Circle. I’d like to thank everyone who listened over the years. There have been thousands of downloads every week and that’s more than I ever expected. Also, thank you to everyone who has been on VC, you made it not suck as much as it could have.

Happy 2012, Everybody!

It’s Vicious Circle #120.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Program Notes

alan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:51 +0000

This week VC will be at the normal time, Friday at 8:00 pm CST.

Next week VC will be on Saturday, instead of Friday so we can do our annual New Year’s Eve Live edition.

I haven’t decided yet to start at 8:00 pm CST or push it back to 9:00.

Vicious Circle 118 – Quick, say something funny

alan — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:47:48 +0000

Vicious Circle 118 – Quick, say something funny

Alan, JayG, Barron, Weerd and Roadkill.

Bum Wine Afteraffects, Arrested for traveling with a gun in NY, cryptozoology, Violating the “don’t be a dick” rule, Speaking of Glocks, How about that M&P? Cops behaving badly, WTF is slow match anyway? Gun stuff, Roadkill giggles, Blah Blah Blah

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #118.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 117 – River of Pus

alan — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:02:18 +0000

Vicious Circle 117 – River of Pus

Alan, JayG, Jim, Barron and Weerd.

Weerd drank a whole bottle of MD 20/20 and it went down hill from there.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #117.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

No VC Tonight

alan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:42:31 +0000

I have a headache.

Vicious Circle 116 – Hippie Be Gone

alan — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:22:44 +0000

Vicious Circle 116 – Hippie Be Gone

Alan, JayG, Jim, Barron, Laura & Chris Gay Cynic and Breda

A premature start, Hypersonic bomb, Hippies, Space Dock, Texas Hot Pocket, Internet douche bags, New England RINOs, 3per fail, Too much to lose? Gun confiscation, Ted Kennedy – Still dead, Library Hobos, Occupy what? Dirty Jobs, Hippie Be Gone, Custom Vans?

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #116.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 115 – Arterial Slobber

alan — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:41:14 +0000

Vicious Circle 115 – Arterial Slobber

Alan, JayG, Jim, Barron, Labrat & Stingray and Laura & Chris

Smelly Hippies, Crazy Prius Lady, Fuzzy Dogs, The Giggler, etc.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #115.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 114 – Tribes

alan — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:56:28 +0000

Vicious Circle 114 – Tribes

Alan, JayG, Barron Breda, Labrat, Tarb and Weerd

William the Coroner, Internet Tribes, Fuzzy Tank, etc.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #114.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 113 – Occupy VC!

alan — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:51:26 +0000

Vicious Circle 113 – Occupy VC!

Alan, JayG, Barron Breda, Jim and Texarkana.

The Occupiers are getting a crash course in reality.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #113.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

No VC this week

alan — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:28:42 +0000

VC will be back on 10/28.

Vicious Circle 112 – Sloppy Awesomness

alan — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:12:31 +0000

Vicious Circle 112 – Sloppy Awesomness

Alan, JayG, Weerd,Gay Cynic, Laura and Barron.

Socialists lopping off heads, Electric cars, Stupid government tricks, The Internet is for Porn, Cocaine heart attacks, etc.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #112.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 111 – Crisco is not food

alan — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:40:46 +0000

Vicious Circle 111 – Crisco is not food

Alan, JayG, Weerd, Breda,Gay Cynic, Laura & Chris.

It’s pretty much all about the stupid socialists this time. Enjoy.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #111.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 110 – Within the kiltal zone

alan — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:14:35 +0000

Vicious Circle 110 – Within the kiltal zone

Alan, JayG, Weerd, Breda, Labrat & Stingray, Barron and aepilotJim.

The hazards and benefits of wearing a kilt, puppies, giggling, beer, guns, stupid liberals, etc.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #110.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 109 – Stinky Cucumber?

alan — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:15:31 +0000

Vicious Circle 109 – Stinky Cucumber?

Something stinks anyway…

Alan, JayG, Weerd, Dennis, Scribbler, Phlegmmy and Phssthpok.

Drive 55 even if it kills you, Falling satellites, Moving to freedom, Zippy Neutrons, GM Spying on you, Union hell.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #109.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 108 – If you’re wearing pants, you’re in the wrong podcast

alan — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:00:54 +0000

Vicious Circle 108 – If you’re wearing pants, you’re in the wrong podcast

Alan, JayG, Weerd, Breda, Newbius, MikeW and Barron

Skype didn’t suck so bad this time and it was reported that Mixlr didn’t drop the whole time so much less technical suck this time. More cops behaving badly (it’s a theme) Politicians behaving badly (another theme), some good news in New Hampshire and parts of Ohio. A little bestiality, parrots teaching other parrots to curse and more of the same old thing.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #108.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 107 – I hate you Skype!

alan — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:07:50 +0000

Vicious Circle 107 – I hate you Skype!

Alan, Breda, JayG, Weerd and Robb.

Skype sucks, The open carry thing, cops are not your friends, abuse of law, abuse of marine mammals, abuse of fish and Skype sucks.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #107.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Going shooting, no VC for you

alan — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:43:36 +0000

We’ll be back September 9th.

Vicious Circle 106 – Disaster

alan — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:13:08 +0000

Vicious Circle 106 – Disaster

Wow, this one was messed up. About 45 minutes in, I hung up on everyone. There were some specific people I invited to be on this episode and several that asked to be on at the last minute. Normally, if I think there’s room for a last minute addition I’ll add them in. Tonight there was no room. You can tell it was over crowded in the first 40 minutes and that’s all my fault. I just invited too many people. (I usually invite more than I expect to be on because some people can’t do it. Tonight it seems everyone was available.) It was fairly out of control with people talking over each other, which happens when there are too many people on the call and I was getting frustrated. When people that I invited showed up late, I added them in and some people took offense. So I hung up. After a few minutes I restarted the call with fewer people and it went on for another couple of hours.

Unfortunately, everyone can’t be on at the same time. I’m flattered that people want to be on and I wish I could have everyone on at once but the fact is that if there are more than five or six people on the call it’s just too unwieldy. In the past I’ve tried to add people at the last minute but I’m afraid that it just doesn’t work out well.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #106.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 105 – Chat Down

alan — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:57:35 +0000

Vicious Circle 105 – Chat Down

alan, JayG, Dennis, Stingray & Labrat, Chris & Laura, Linoge, Barron and Spear.

Blah, Blah, Blah, check the links.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #105.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 104 – Rimlock

alan — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:40:02 +0000

Vicious Circle 104 – Rimlock

alan, JayG, Breda, Weerd Beard, Dennis and OldNFO

London Riots, US Riots, guns, Boston drivers, guns, Stupid Obama tricks, Guns, US Debt, Guns, etc.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #104.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

No VC this week!

alan — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:48:20 +0000

We’ll return to your regularly scheduled nightmare next week.

Vicious Circle 103 – The sock goes in the front

alan — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:17:21 +0000

Vicious Circle 103 – The sock goes in the front

alan, JayG, aePilotJim, Breda, LabRat & Stingray, Daniel and the glorious Roadkill

This and that. Same old, same old. Tried a new streaming service, Mixlr. No ads, but some people complained of the audio cutting out. Free audio streaming services all suck. Imagine that.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #103.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 102 – Silent Warrior

alan — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:39:20 +0000

Vicious Circle 102 – Silent Warrior

alan, JayG, Weerd, ThotPolice, aePilotJim, Chance and Chase, FarmDad, Lawdog and Breda.

Mostly the Ohio cop. Cops in general. Silent Warrior. Much Hilarity.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #102.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 101 – JMB ate my brain!

alan — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:08:17 +0000

Vicious Circle 101 – JMB ate my brain!

alan, JayG, Weerd, Roadkill, Stingray and Labrat, OldNFO, Phlegmmy, Phssthpok, ThotPolice, aePilotJim.

Stupid gun laws, ATF shenanigans, Lasers and sharks, shooting people for stuff, Bad Cops, Zombie JMB , Hi-point, VC Book Club, Airplane crashes, blowing stuff up.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #101.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 100 – A Sticky Line In The Sand

alan — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:41:41 +0000

Vicious Circle 100 – A Sticky Line In The Sand

alan, JayG, Dennis, Gay Cynic, Weerd, Roadkill, Chance. Tarb, Breda, Tracie, William The Coroner, Laura, Stingray and Labrat

Beer, Dennis’ Bird (again), Rum and Coke up Jay’s nose, Tarb’s Accents, X-raying boobs with a flashlight, Gun Stuff, Taxes stuff, The Full On Breda, Fast and Felonious, Ohio Drivers, Oh noes, teh Gheys! (Bachman self destruction), Australian Bears and Furries, Go the fuck to sleep, Food Court Team 6, Furry Witch hunt, Leather accessories

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #100.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

100th Episode This Friday

alan — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:41:03 +0000

Friday, July 8th at 8:00 pm CDT.

You can listen live here.

I’m sure it will be interesting.

Like a train wreck you can’t look away from.

Vicious Circle 99 – Shit River

alan — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:41:43 +0000

Vicious Circle 99 – Shit River

alan, JayG, Dennis, Gay Cynic, Weerd, OldNFO, Phlegmmy, Roadkill and Chance.

Guns!, Chavez Cancer, Shooting on the 4th!, Legalizing drugs, Smurfs and Thundercats, Super 8, Democrats lying about Gunwalker again, Secrets of Marine Biologists, Crabs, Lawn Balls, Guns, Holsters, Claymosts, Shit River

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #99.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 98 – Fast and Felonious

alan — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:47:29 +0000

Vicious Circle 98 – Fast and Felonious

alan, JayG, Dennis, THOTpd, Newbius, TomcatTCH and Gay Cynic

Gunwalker, Helmki, Holsters, stupid media, photographing police, Guns

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #98.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 97 – Doonie

alan — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:26:08 +0000

Vicious Circle 97 – Doonie

alan, Weerd, JayG, Kevin, Dennis and THOTpd

Dennis’ crappy Kimber, Obama ignoring the Constitution (again), Out of control SWAT, Politics, That Fucking Romney, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!!, TEOTWAWKI, Fat Kurt Cobain in a sequin jump suit. Politics, Guns, Doonie, Guns.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #97.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 96 – Bottom Feeders

alan — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 04:49:47 +0000

Vicious Circle 96 – Bottom Feeders

alan, Weerd, JayG, Laura, Breda, Labrat & Stingray, Tracie and OldNFO

Gunblogosphere bottom feeders, It’s not the crime it’s the coverup, The US is one big Stanford Prison Experiment, How can you be anti-gun?, SWAT!, Pig Hunting, GUNS!

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #96.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 95 – Laying the pipe in Gaia

alan — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:37:24 +0000

Vicious Circle 95 – Laying the pipe in Gaia

alan, Weerd, JayG, Laura, Dennis, Breda, Chance, Newbius, Daniel, Gay Cynic

Where in the world is Daniel, The Big Dig continues to fail, Carbon Markets Fail, Lucky Gunner Fails, The Food Pyramid Fails, Obama Fails, The TSA Fails.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #95.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

LabRat Ringtone

alan — Sat, 21 May 2011 15:17:06 +0000

Stupid Feedburner got confused so I moved the LabRat ringtone to a separate post.

LabRat Ringtone

LabRat MP3

Vicious Circle 94 – Broke dick with the Lord

alan — Sat, 21 May 2011 05:48:43 +0000

Vicious Circle 94 – Broke dick with the Lord

alan, Weerd, Stingray & LabRat, JayG, Laura & Chris, Dennis, Spear & Tracie, David, Breda, Roadkill, Chance and Newbius.

I might be forgetting someone, there were a lot in and out.

How to shut off a woman’s brain – Again, gun crap – Again, Tequila, The Rapture and three more hours of the standard fare.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #94.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 93 – It’s Turtles All The Way Down

alan — Sat, 14 May 2011 05:39:19 +0000

Vicious Circle 93 – It’s Turtles All The Way Down

alan, Weerd, Stingray, JayG, Laura, Dennis, Spear & Tracie

How to shut off a woman’s brain, gun crap, more gun crap, Indiana Politics, even more gun crap, TSRA Fail, More Gun crap. (Srsly. Most gun talk on a VC in ages)

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #93.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 92 – Christmas with pig tits

alan — Sat, 07 May 2011 07:07:53 +0000

Vicious Circle 92 – Christmas with pig tits

alan, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray, JayG, Breda, Laura & Chris, Newbius,

Gunblogger Meet of 2011, Pittsburgh, Hobos, Detroit, Buggers of the sea, Hotel trout, Nerd baseball, pancake cake, sex party with conversation, Newbius’ operation, Boob weight, Boom headshot, pig sex, Johnny 5 is alive, Bear shaking. (It just gets worse from there.)

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #92.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 91 – Poo Flinging Ebola Monkeys

alan — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:40:27 +0000

Vicious Circle 91 – Poo Flinging Ebola Monkeys

alan, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray, Jim, TD, QP, FarmGirl, Spear and Dennis

Pre-Pittsburgh Gunblogger Meet. ATF Gunrunning, more stupid “science”, stupid reporters, stupid Keltec, stupid funeral protestors, stupid bathrobes and other stupid stuff I can’t remember now.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #91.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

VC 91 – Pre-NRA Convention

alan — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:38:06 +0000

This Friday we’ll be talking about the upcoming NRA convention (among other things). If you’re going to the convention and would like to be on VC, let me know.

You can listen live here.

Vicious Circle 90 – The PopTart Cat

alan — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:32:27 +0000

Vicious Circle 90 – The PopTart Cat

alan, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray, Tracie and OldNFO, Jim, Breda and William the Coroner.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #90.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

If you would like to be a contestant on VC

alan — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 21:30:12 +0000

Be a member of the GBC IRC channel or be interesting enough that I don’t care if you’re not. It costs nothing but your pride to be a member.

Have a Skype account and some kind of microphone and headphones. We aren’t known for our stellar audio quality but if the noise from your fan or dog is so loud I can’t hear Weerd then you’ll be kicked off the call.

Ask to be on. If you’re quietly waiting on an invitation then get ready for a LONG wait. But don’t ask during the actual recording, that’s annoying. Someday, when I can afford it, I’ll get a mixer and set up to take calls during the live show. Then you can call in and annoy Stingray with your attempts at wit.

Vicious Circle 89 – This is my smug robe

alan — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 05:18:02 +0000

Vicious Circle 89 – This is my smug robe

alan, JayG, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray, Tracie and Kevin

Kevin Baker’s TEOTWAWKI episode. We managed to stay on the subject (kinda) for almost two hours.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #89.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 88 – Dingos ate my Internerd!

alan — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:13:25 +0000

Vicious Circle 88 – Dingos ate my Internerd!

alan, JayG, LabRat & Stingray, Tracie, Whitebread, Tarb, Farmgirl and Daniel.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #88.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

VC is live tonight at 8:00 pm CDT

alan — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:17:00 +0000

You can listen live here.

Vicious Circle 87 – Truman and Goldwater 2012!

alan — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:12:47 +0000

Vicious Circle 87 – Truman and Goldwater 2012!

alan, JayG, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray, Tracie and OldNFO

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #87.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

23,000 iTunes Downloads of VC

alan — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:26:39 +0000

As of today Vicious Circle has been downloaded via RSS (mostly iTunes) 23,003 times.

I could look at the Apache logs and see the total downloads but that’s too much like work.

Thank you for listening, I’m glad you enjoy it.

Vicious Circle 86 – Penis spines for my face

alan — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:30:00 +0000

Vicious Circle 86 – Penis spines for my face

alan, Breda, JayG, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray, Tracie, Kevin, Gay Cynic, Spear, OldNFO and Newbius

Second Anniversary Episode. Yep, that’s right two years.

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #86.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Two Years!

alan — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:02:04 +0000

Next Friday (3/11) will be the two year anniversary of Vicious Circle.

I know, I’m shocked too.

So, no VC this Friday but next Friday, 3/11 will be the LIVE Two Year Anniversary episode.

You can listen live here.

And show links are here.

Vicious Circle 85 – Satan’s Ass Crack

alan — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:38:56 +0000

Vicious Circle 85 – Satan’s Ass Crack

alan, Breda, JayG, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray, Tracie

Microstamping in MA, Cat enemas, Hogging the popcorn, Weerd daycare, Snownadoes, Nature’s foreskin, poop blogs, Reverse process meth, Mutant super powers, smurf porn, Myrna Loy’s nipples, Carple Elbow, Retro Raunch, Battle Toads, Video Game Nostalga

The episode links are all here. (NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #85.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

VC Live Tonight

alan — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:21:38 +0000

Aren’t you lucky.

You can listen live here.

Still on hiatus

alan — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:37:47 +0000

I’ll post here if/when VC is back.

Vicious Circle 84 – Should have stopped at 3 minutes

alan — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:48:45 +0000

Vicious Circle 84 – Should have stopped at 3 minutes

alan, JayG, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray, Tracie Whitebread and Kevin

Quite possibly the most boring VC ever. Srsly, we jumped the shark on this one.

I think it’s hiatus time.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #84.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle – Live Friday Night!

alan — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:21:10 +0000

Episode 84 – Friday at 8:00 pm central.

Go here to listen live.

This week’s topic(s):

Obamacare Waivers are through the roof.

*VC is not safe for work.

Vicious Circle 83 – Proto-Beaver

alan — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:10:16 +0000

Vicious Circle 83 – Proto-Beaver

alan, JayG, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray and Tracie

Arlington MA shenanigans, Missing BC, Olberman quits MSNBC, Cartoons, snow, squid sex, how to score in Japan, S&W Fail, Kel Tec fail, DoubleRhino, .357 Sig Fail, Amish romance novels, Weerd Romance, blah blah blah.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #83.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 82 – Nookie Monster

alan — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:05:59 +0000

Vicious Circle 82 – Nookie Monster

alan, JayG, Weerd, LabRat & Stingray, Kevin Baker, Tracie and SCI-FI

RNC, stupid politicians, speedgoat, vagina bike, soup, Top Gear, Human Centipede, Kevin doesn’t twitter, etc.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #82.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 81 – Ass Baton

alan — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 06:33:33 +0000

Vicious Circle 81 – Ass Baton

alan, JayG, Weerd, Stingray, Kevin Baker, Tracie and Whitebread

Un-predictions (fail), Blah, blah blah. It’s VC, you know what you’re in for.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #81.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle – Live Tonight!

alan — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:00:36 +0000

Episode 81 – Friday at 8:00 pm central.

Go here to listen live.

This week’s topic:

Un-Predictions

Everyone makes predictions of what will happen for the new year, instead we’re going to make un-predictions.

Listen live as the mental giants of the GBC discuss this and other fascinating topics Friday night.

*VC is not safe for work.

Vicious Circle 80 – New Year’s 2011

alan — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:16:14 +0000

Vicious Circle 80 – New Year’s 2011

I think at one time we had 15 people on, which is all Skype allows. I’m amazed it didn’t crash. Thanks to everyone that was on, I’m sorry but I’m far too lazy to list everyone. Happy New Year.

Pig Farming, Border Wars, Uses of Sugar, Author Suicides, Speechless Weerd, Drunken 1911 confessions, Drunken “I LOVE YOU MAN”.

And may I take a moment to say how much I hate Garageband? It was nothing but a huge crash and fail fest trying to edit this 6 hour disaster. I will never forgive you for Garageband, Apple. Never.

The episode links are all here. But we didn’t say much about them. (May be NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #80

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle #80 – Live New Year’s Eve!

alan — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:12:13 +0000

Friday at 8:00 pm central.

Go here to listen live.

This week’s topic:

The New Year’s Eve Marathon

Last year’s New Year’s VC was epic. This year’s will be live starting at 8:00 and going to whenever we pass out.

No, we don’t have anything better to do on New Year’s Eve. So hit the link and listen live as we make drunken fools of ourselves.

Possible discussion topics here.

*VC is not safe for work.

Vicious Circle 79 – Cock Zombie!

alan — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:36:21 +0000

Vicious Circle 79 – Cock Zombie!

alan, JayG, Weerd, Labrat & Stingray, Kevin Baker and Tracie.

Skunkape, ATF Bomb detection fail, Nuclear Terrorism, Obama Start, Delta Smelt, Blah Blah Blah.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

Yahoo said they’ll be shutting down Delicious so I’ll have to move the links to something else. What a pain.

UPDATE: Trying Pinboard for links.

It’s Vicious Circle #79.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle #79 Live Tonight!

alan — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:00:29 +0000

Friday at 8:00 pm central.

Go here to listen live.

This week’s topic:

Nuclear Booms. It’s not if, it’s when.

The fear of global nuclear annihilation may be temporarily behind us, but sooner or later some nut job is going to pop a nuke somewhere. What happens then?

Listen live as the mental giants of the GBC discuss this and other fascinating topics Friday night.

*VC is not safe for work.

Vicious Circle 78 – Echo… echo.. echo.

alan — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 07:31:57 +0000

Vicious Circle 78 – Echo… echo.. echo.

alan, JayG, Weerd, Labrat & Stingray, Kevin Baker and OldNFO.

More on blogging, call-out experiments, gays in the military, the joys of cruises, my dream of an electric car, suppressors, the state of research, “invasive” species, duck rape (again), sex in the subway, and other horrors too numerous to list.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #78.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle #78 Live Tonight!

alan — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:00:07 +0000

Friday at 8:00 pm central.

Go here to listen live.

This week’s topic:

Continuing what Breda started: What makes a good blog and who cares anyway?

There are millions of blogs out there and even if yours is kinda popular it’s a sure bet that the vast, overwhelming population connected to the Internet has never heard of you. Does that matter?

Why Blog?

Listen live as the mental giants of the GBC discuss this and other fascinating topics Friday night.

*VC is not safe for work.

Vicious Circle 77 – Hitler’s Love Child

alan — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:56:17 +0000

Vicious Circle 77 – Hitler’s Love Child

alan, aepilotjimG, JayG, Weerd, Labrat & Stingray, NcongruNt and Kevin Bacon!

Privacy on the Internet (There isn’t any), Helen Thomas (aka Hitler’s Love Child), bunch of other stuff some of it funny some of it sick. It’s VC, you get what you pay for.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #77.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

VC77 Live Tonight

alan — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:21:37 +0000

Friday at 8:00 pm central.

Go here to listen live.

This week’s topic:

Is there any real chance of privacy and information security in the Internet age?

As evidenced by the ongoing Wikileaks controversy not even the US government can keep it’s secrets any more. Social media is built on everyone knowing what you’re up to. Merchants and companies you do business with collect data about you and share it with each other.

Privacy is just an illusion caused by individuals living down in the noise of the masses of data collected every day. All it takes to shatter that illusion is for someone to take in interest in you.

Listen live as the mental giants of the GBC discuss this and other fascinating topics Friday night.

*VC is not safe for work.

Vicious Circle 76 – Thanksgiving Horror Stories

alan — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:01:01 +0000

Vicious Circle 76 – Thanksgiving Horror Stories

alan, aepilotjimG, JayG, Tracie, Breda, Daniel, OldNFO

The live streaming worked great and it’s free so I think we’ll keep doing that. Unfortunately I forget to set the recording type to loss less and it’s over three hours so I can’t edit it in Garageband to add the music. I don’t feel like taking the time to work around it so here it is sans music.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #76.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Another attempt at streaming

alan — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:58:09 +0000

VC Ustream link

I’m going to try to stream to ustream if anyone is interested in listening in.

8:00 pm, Central – Friday, 11/26

The topic will be Thanksgiving Horror Stories.

Vicious Circle 75 – What caliber for Chick-fil-A?

alan — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:51:26 +0000

Vicious Circle 75 – What caliber for Chick-fil-A?

alan, aepilotjimG, JayG, Tracie, Phlegmmy, Weerd Kevin and Silver

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

It’s Vicious Circle #75.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 74 – The Safe Word Is Banana

alan — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:39:58 +0000

Vicious Circle 74 – The Safe Word Is Banana

alan, Labrat and Stingray, aepilotjimG, JayG, Tracie, Weerd and Whitebread

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

Three and a half hours again. Some election stuff, Pelosi’s O face, Obama’s big adventure, etc.

It’s Vicious Circle #74.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 73 – Crank Of The Ancients

alan — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:41:13 +0000

Vicious Circle 73 – Crank Of The Ancients

alan, Labrat and Stingray, Vine, aepilotjimG, JayG, Tracie, Weerd and Newbius.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

Three and a half hours. About 5 minutes on the election and the rest on the typical fare.

It’s Vicious Circle #73.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

No VC tonight

alan — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:32:04 +0000

I have to get up early, so no VC.

Be back next week!

Vicious Circle 72 – Canadian Invasion

alan — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:37:49 +0000

Vicious Circle 72 – Canadian Invasion

alan, Labrat and Stingray, Breda, Vine, aepilotjimG, JayG and Trillian.

The episode links are all here. (May be NSFW)

Some Canadian chick wandered into GBC a while back and we didn’t manage to scare her off. This might do it. Topics include: What the hell is OCD anyway, training (AGAIN!), that damned useless first rule, the exact amount of Cueball’s Apple Pie it takes to make Breda pass out, favorite curse words to use in traffic and what are we drinking. (and a host of other useless time wasters.)

It’s Vicious Circle #72.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 71 – Live from Elsewhere! (updated)

alan — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:20:46 +0000

Vicious Circle 71 – Live from Elsewhere!

Recorded live, no edits. I’ve not even listened to it.

I need a better mic for this.

UPDATE: I fixed the link.

It’s Vicious Circle #71.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 70 – Glans of Guatemala

alan — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:17:09 +0000

Vicious Circle 70 – Glans of Guatemala

alanG, LabratG and StingrayG, WeerdG, VineG, MattG, aepilotjimG, TracieG, JayG.

MatG, made his debut. JayG showed up late. Vine fell asleep and snored most artfully. Stingray recovered nicely from NOT cussing on Thursday. Tracie recited alternate names for female parts. Typical VC, four hours plus.

The episode links are all here.

It’s Vicious Circle #70.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 69 – Hipster Trainwreck

alan — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:50:36 +0000

Vicious Circle 69 – Hipster Trainwreck

alan, Labrat and Stingray, Weerd, Vine and OldNFO

Most horrific VC yet. Unfortunately, no hipsters were harmed while making this podcast.

The episode links are all here. Caution: Several of those links are very NSFW.

It’s Vicious Circle #69.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 68 – Weerd’s 404

alan — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:44:15 +0000

Vicious Circle 68 – Weerd’s 404

alan, JayG, Jim, Tracie, Labrat and Stingray, Weerd, Kevin, Phlegmmy and Vine

The episode links are all here.

It’s Vicious Circle #68.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

VC Live Tonight

alan — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:49:41 +0000

Main topic is Government Operating Systems (The Constitution)

Links here.

Tonight (Friday) at 8:00 Central.

Call the Skype name: turbobridge, access code 315-9026

Or dial (805) 309-2350 (same access code)

Vicious Circle 67 – Whacking The Boom

alan — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:11:31 +0000

Vicious Circle 67 – Whacking The Boom

alan, JayG, Jim, Tracie (Mrs. Whitebread), Labrat and Stingray, Weerd, Zercool and Vine

The episode links are all here.

It’s Vicious Circle #67.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 66 – Zombie Lincoln

alan — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:43:01 +0000

Vicious Circle 66 – Zombie Lincoln

alan, JayG, Jim, Loki, And Tracie (Mrs. Whitebread)

The episode links are all here.

It’s Vicious Circle #66.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Listen live to tonight’s VC

alan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:39:41 +0000

Tonight (Friday) at 8:00 Central.

On Skype call the skype name: turbobridge, access code 616-5409

Or dial (805) 309-2350 (same access code)

Vicious Circle 65 – Don’t mess with the drag queen

alan — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:59:27 +0000

Vicious Circle 65 – Don’t mess with the drag queen

alan, Labrat and Stingray, Gay Cynic, Tracie, Weerd and Breda

The episode links are all here.

This was, without a doubt, the best VC episode ever. And no one will ever hear it because the record failed. The little record light was on and the audio meter was showing a signal but there was nothing recorded.

On the bright side, I didn’t have to stay up late editing and uploading and I never listen to them anyway.

Next week I’m doing the live listen again since a couple of people want it and don’t care how crappy it sounds. That will be next Friday, the 3rd at 8:00 PM Central.

Vicious Circle 64 – Two legs bad, Three legs good.

alan — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:35:23 +0000

Vicious Circle 64 – Two legs bad, Three legs good.

alan, JayG, Kevin And Tracie (Mrs. Whitebread)

The episode links are all here.

It’s Vicious Circle #64.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

VC: Better than Avatar

alan — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:22:12 +0000

Vicious Circle 63 – VC: Better than Avatar

alan, Jim, JayG, Kevin, Weerd, LabRat and Stingray.

Internet memes, BOFH, Lea Thompson, Mosins, Bifurcation (NSFA). (srsly, that last one will leave permanent scars. Do not click.)

It’s Vicious Circle #63.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 62 – Normal likes it from the backside

alan — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:43:45 +0000

Vicious Circle 62 – Normal likes it from the backside

alan, Jim, WhiteBread, JayG, Kevin and Robb

The border war, the political class, chain shot, gun cleaning, comment from a hippie, hate mail, Howard Zinn, government bailouts, economic collapse, rioting and civil war (oh my). And other stuff.

PROGRAM NOTE: Starting next week we’ll be recording VC on Friday nights instead of Thursday. The consensus was that no one wants to go to work after a night of VC.

It’s Vicious Circle #62.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 61 – This one time at gunblogger camp…

alan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:33:56 +0000

Vicious Circle 61 – This one time at gunblogger camp…

alan, Jim, Weerd, WhiteBread and JayG, Zercool and Vine.

This was the test of the live listening which didn’t totally suck. I guess we’ll do it again next time. 8:00 pm Central, Thursday, August 5th.

Didn’t have a real topic this time, just a bunch of rambling crap that we would have done even if there was a topic.

Public service announcement: If a guy named Mookie wants you to wear his pants, don’t.

It’s Vicious Circle #61.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Trying something new

alan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:59:48 +0000

This week I’m going to try adding a conference bridge where you can dial in and listen to VC live.

on Skype call the skype name: turbobridge, access code 646946366

Or dial (805) 309-2350 (same access code)

The sound quality is about what you’d expect on a phone call, not as good as a Skype to Skype call.

I’d appreciate feedback if you listen. Does it work? Is the sound quality good enough? Is this worth doing in the future?

Date: July 29, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm Central Time until whenever.

Vicious Circle 60 – The Journolist

alan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:52:56 +0000

Vicious Circle 60 – The Journolist

alan, Jim, Weerd, Stingray, LabRat, WhiteBread and JayG and Kevin

You’ll have to listen to it to find out what’s in it.

It’s Vicious Circle #60.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 59b – Texas T-Bone

alan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:14:42 +0000

Vicious Circle 59b – Texas T-Bone

alan, Jim, Weerd, Stingray, LabRat, WhiteBread and JayG and Christina

Links:

Texas T-Bone , S&W Bike, Bumwine, Smashed cop car, Shotgun Tuna, Skunk Ape, Jersey Devil, Asians Doing Christopher Walken Impressions, Nothing works here! I HATE THIS PLACE! , Tanuki, Armadildo (NSFW), Pussy Cat (NSFW), Soccer Girls (NSFW), Al Gore reenactment, Hagfish slime , Bredacat

It’s over 5 hours long this time so it’s split into two parts. 59a is the first part.

It’s Vicious Circle #59b.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 59a – Texas T-Bone

alan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:01:41 +0000

Vicious Circle 59a – Texas T-Bone

alan, Jim, Weerd, Stingray, LabRat, WhiteBread and JayG and Christina

Links:

It’s over 5 hours long this time so it’s split into two parts. 59b is the second part.

It’s Vicious Circle #59a.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 58 – Song Of Our People

alan — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:26:33 +0000

Vicious Circle 58 – Song Of Our People

alan, Tarb, Jim, Weerd, Stingray, LabRat, Breda, WhiteBread and JayG

It’s Tarb from Australia! Vegemite, Library Porn, Emu burgers, GG Allin, Weer’d plays the cock flute, drunks on lawnmowers, punk rock lesbians, Oakland “riots”, Techno Viking vs Epic Beard Man, Zydeco vs Bredacat, sex toys on Amazon.

Links:
Let me play you the song of our people

www.hai2u.com (NSFW)

D&D With Pornstars

Three hours again.

It’s Vicious Circle #58.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 57 – Buy American Shaved Pussy

alan — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:57:32 +0000

Vicious Circle 57 – Buy American Shaved Pussy

alan, Jim, Weerd, Stingray, LabRat, Newbius, Unix Jedi and Scott.

Vodka infusions, Canadian milk in bags, McDonald and Alan Fucking Gura, Burgers, Soccer, Drowning spiders, Penetration, Obama Paparazzi. Illegal Brazilians. Helen Thomas & Nancy Pelosi, Anime, Apple stuff

It’s Vicious Circle #57.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 56 – Robust Wang

alan — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:57:02 +0000

Vicious Circle 56 – Robust Wang

alan, JayG, Robb, Vine, Jim and Kevin.

The US-Mexico border, Immigration, Gulf oil shenanigans, some gun talk and bogus anti-gun arguments.

It’s Vicious Circle #56.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 55 – Fatwas From Atheists

alan — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:59:33 +0000

Vicious Circle 55 – Fatwas From Atheists

alan, Weerd Beerd, JayG, Silver, Robb and Breda

“New Media” (we hate that name but what the heck else can you call it?) and its growing effect on politics, (Ooooooh Serious!), Killer Hotdogs, NRA and DISCLOSE, Utah firing squad, the death penalty, FULL AUTO!!!! and the usual digressions, diversions and disreputable content you know and love.

It’s Vicious Circle #55.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

UPDATE: Here is a perfect example of “new media” caused changes in politics.

Vicious Circle 54 – Is Vicious Circle, is not safe

alan — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:52:07 +0000

Vicious Circle 54 – Is Vicious Circle, is not safe

Alternate Title: “No mom, I’m not giving you the headset”

alan, Weerd Beerd, JayG, Jim, Christina, Newbius, TOTC_Lee, Zercool, Gay Cynic and Special Guest: Silver

The “getting to know your worst” episode: Worst Job, Worst City and a bunch of the usual along with the Adventures of Drunk Christina. A surprise cameo by Silver.

Three hours.

I’m so sorry.

It’s Vicious Circle #54.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 53 – Pavlov's Felon

alan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:12:56 +0000

Vicious Circle 53 – Pavlov’s Felon

alan, Phlegmmy, LawDog, Weerd Beerd, JayG and Jim.

Don’t fuck with the Jews, Barney Frank’s Teeth, Space Herpe, LawDog stories, Phlegmmy stories, WTF does James Fucking Cameron know about oil drilling, Weerd Stories, Jay’s mic fail, and a lot of other crap I’m not gonna bother to list. Almost Three Hours.

It’s Vicious Circle #53.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 52 – The Weerd One

alan — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:45:08 +0000

Vicious Circle 52 – The Weerd One

alan, Weerd Beerd, Breda, JayG, LabRat, StingRay and Jim.

It’s all about the Weerd. (well maybe not ALL) Mr. Beetis, Micro Penis, Roast Beef in MA, Crappy Guns, Cartoons, Amish Porn, Labrat’s obsession with Megan Fox’s boobs.

Links:

Mr. Beetis

LabRat’s bizarre link

It’s Vicious Circle #52.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 51 – Women and Self Defense (sort of).

alan — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:30:22 +0000

Vicious Circle 51 – Women and Self Defense (sort of).

alan, Weerd Beerd, Breda, JayG, LabRat and Jim.

This one is a more serious (for us) talk about genetic or cultural reasons why some women can’t seem to think about self defense. You may find it controversial. Or not. I don’t care either way.

It’s Vicious Circle #51.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 50 – NRA 2010

alan — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:26:04 +0000

Vicious Circle 50 – NRA 2010

alan, Weerd Beerd, Breda, JayG, Mike W, Newbius and Wai at the NRA convention.

It was recorded with a single mic in a hotel room for the first hour and a building lobby for the second hour. The audio kinda sucks but what else is new? At this point I don’t really even remember what was said, I sure didn’t listen to it again. Something about the convention I’m sure… I thought about taking notes but that would be too much effort.

And it’s the 50th episode for whatever that’s worth.

It’s Vicious Circle #50.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 49 – 404 Title Not Found

alan — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:14:49 +0000

Vicious Circle 49 – 404 Title Not Found

alan, Weerd Beerd, JayG, Robb, UJ and Jim.

Zombie Awareness Month, Concealed Carry At CO State U, NRA idiocy, Various digressions and some BS about an iPad.

It’s Vicious Circle #49.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 48 – Hoochie Monkey

alan — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:14:50 +0000

Vicious Circle 48 – Hoochie Monkey

alan, Breda, Weerd Beerd, JayG, Stingray, Labrat and TD

NRA convention(s), Tiger Woods’ score keeping, Spartacus, various websites, The Sellout, Illegal Aliens AND a story you won’t want to miss.

It’s Vicious Circle #48.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 47 – Roll For Initiative

alan — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:04:56 +0000

Vicious Circle 47 – Roll For Initiative

alan, Roadkill, Breda, aepilotJim, Weerd Beerd and Gay Cynic.

Arizona concealed carry, Jim’s new toy, RPGs, Sexy Librarians, Bitching about Obama, Skype failure and a bunch of the same old VC fare.

And a special hello to Western Australia.

It’s Vicious Circle #47.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 46 – Sean Connery

alan — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:54:22 +0000

Vicious Circle 46 – Sean Connery

alan, aepilotJim, Roadkill, Breda, Christina and Phlegmmy (With LawDog in the back ground)

A special appearance by Sean Connery.

I may actually listen to this one myself.

It’s Vicious Circle #46.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 45 – Snow Mexicans

alan — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:42:30 +0000

Vicious Circle 45 – Snow Mexicans

alan, JayG, aepilotJim, Stingray and Labrat get creepy. Plus some other stuff you don’t care about.

It’s Vicious Circle #45.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 44 – What, are you retarded?

alan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:33:30 +0000

Vicious Circle 44 – What, are you retarded?

alan and JayG talk about Obamacare. (among other things)

Three years ago Massachusetts got “universal” compulsory health care. I thought it would be a good idea to talk to one of that state’s inmates to find out what Obama care might have in store for the rest of the nation.

It’s Vicious Circle #44.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

* This weeks title is in honor of JayG, inmate 3529845 of the state of Massachusetts.

Vicious Circle 43 – How to be Southern

alan — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:38:31 +0000

Vicious Circle 43 – How to be Southern

alan, LabRat, Unix Jedi, Breda, JayG, aepilotjim, Christina and Roadkill on how to be Southern.

This may be the worst one yet. Don’t listen. Srsly. Don’t. You have been warned.

It’s Vicious Circle #43.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 42 – Jihad Bunnies

alan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:33:00 +0000

Vicious Circle 42 – Jihad Bunnies

alan, JayG, Stingray, LabRat, aepilotjim, Kevin Baker and Joe Huffman

In this episode: Boomershoot! …and other stuff.

Smartphones, “health care”, Spartacus (otherwise known as “Lucy Lawless is naked”), the impending financial collapse, and other aimless jibber jabber.

For your listening pleasure, it’s Vicious Circle #42.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 41 – Has it been a year already?

alan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:31:22 +0000

Vicious Circle 41 – Has it been a year already?

alan, JayG, Stingray, Breda, LabRat, aepilotjim, TD, Unix Jedi, Christina, Farm Mom, Dixie And Dixie Jr.

In this episode: One year ago this month Vicious Circle crawled up out of the mud. This one is even more aimless than usual.

For your listening pleasure, it’s Vicious Circle #41.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 40 – You don't lose your mule, you just lose your turn

alan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:15:15 +0000

Vicious Circle 40 – You don’t lose your mule, you just lose your turn

alan, JayG, Stingray, LabRat, aepilotjim, OldNFO and Weer’d Beerd

In this episode: The Brady Scorecard! killer whales, plastic machine guns, sniper etiquette, tall tales, old cars, howling wind and New England strippers. (among other things)

For your listening pleasure, it’s Vicious Circle #40.

3 hours. Don’t spend it all in one place.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 39 – Ducks don't have 1911s

alan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:40:01 +0000

Vicious Circle 39 – Ducks don’t have 1911s

alan, JayG, Stingray, Breda, LabRat, aepilotjim, Bonnie and Gay Cynic

In this episode: The Drama Llama rides again, duck rape, Amy Bishop and NO, Joe Stack, the Fort Jackson Five, turtle dominance, switches, dog training, kneeling on rice and many other fascinating diversions for your listening pleasure.

Labrat’s Links:

Sex organs of male turtles

Convoluted duck genitalia

(Yes, it was one of those shows)

For your listening pleasure, it’s Vicious Circle #39.

~2.5 hours. Don’t spend it all in one place.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 38 – It wasn't her, it was her box

alan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:18:01 +0000

Vicious Circle 38 – It wasn’t her, it was her box

alan, aepilotjim, JayG, Stingray, LabRat and Breda and Kevin on Hollywood socialists, favorite movies, Kevin’s epic post on constrained vs unconstrained and an attempt by alan to tie it all together (which was a miserable failure). There was some other stuff too, you know how it is.

Kevin’s Post

And since Kevin asked, the music I use is:“Easy Winner” by The Blue Boys

For your listening pleasure, it’s Vicious Circle #38.

Don’t spend it all in one place.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 37 – I think you have Jar

alan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:06:20 +0000

Vicious Circle 37 – I think you have Jar

alan, aepilotjim, JayG, Stingray, LabRat and Robb Allen cover the State of Obama, iPad, and other massive failures.

For your listening pleasure, it’s Vicious Circle #37.

Don’t spend it all in one place.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 36 – Designated Hate Receptacle

alan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:09:37 +0000

Vicious Circle 36 – Designated Hate Receptacle

alan, aepilotjim, BobN, JayG, Stingray, LabRat and ToTC_Lee blather on about the new Republican Senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown. (and many other things too numerous to count.)

Seems we can’t do one in less than three hours any more, sorry.

For your listening pleasure, it’s Vicious Circle #36.

Don’t spend it all in one place.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 35 – Good isn't an option

alan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:45:29 +0000

Vicious Circle 35 – Good isn’t an option

alan, Unix Jedi (and Dixie), Phlegmmy, aepilotjim, BobN, JayG and Roadkill (Making his debut performance) Offer brilliant commentary and pithy humor on the UN, Blowjobs, Scott Brown, Carbon Trading, and a bunch of other stuff I can’t remember now. 2hrs, 24 min. Or so.

Bear Cavalry

For your listening pleasure, it’s Vicious Circle #35.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 34 – Do you think you're evil?

alan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:15:26 +0000

Vicious Circle 34 – Do you think you’re evil?

alan, Breda, aepilotjim, OldNFO, TOTC_Lee and BobN Opine on the Las Vegas courthouse shootout, TSA and airline security, What to do with pirates and those goddamn idiots that are screwing everything up.

It’s Vicious Circle #34.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 33 – A Dorky New Year's Eve

alan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:58:29 +0000

Vicious Circle 33 – A Dorky New Year’s Eve

alan, aepilotjim, Jay, Stingray, LabRat, OldNFO, Farmgirl and Farmmom do the New Year’s Eve thing. Cameo appearance by Breda.

We recorded for six hours but I couldn’t bring myself to inflict that on you so I edited it down to a little over three hours. The Farmgirl/Labrat duet is intact.

There was much drinking. Be afraid.

It’s Vicious Circle #33.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 32 – Ass Gap

alan — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:23:33 +0000

Vicious Circle 32 – Ass Gap

alan, aepilotjim, Jay, Stingray, LabRat, TD and Breda discuss, among many other things, The Reid/Pelosi “Health Care” debacle. It’s a short one this time.

It’s Vicious Circle #32.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 31 – Holiday Humbug!

alan — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:56:55 +0000

Vicious Circle 31 – Holiday Humbug!

alan, aepilotjim, Jay Headroom, Stingray, LabRat & Unix Jedi bring the hate for holidays. (Except for Halloween and Steak & Blow Job Day. We like that those.)

It’s Vicious Circle #31.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 30 – Lazy Liver

alan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:27:25 +0000

Vicious Circle 30 – Lazy Liver

alan, aepilotjim, JayG, Stingray and LabRat talk about beer, whiskey, chemistry and other diverse and interesting things.

It’s Vicious Circle #30.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 29 – Bug out Bags

alan — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:57:25 +0000

Episode 29 Bug out Bags

alan, Unix Jedi, pdb, Breda, aepilotjim and Ambulance Driver discuss the theory and practicality of bug out bags. Why you might need one, how to not be a Mall Ninja about it and when you don’t need one. A semi-serious topic, but we manage to abuse it anyway.

Almost three hours this time, but if you tough it out you’ll hear some great AD stories near the end.

It’s Vicious Circle #29.

Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)

Vicious Circle 28 – Shenanigate!

alan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:05:51 +0000

Episode 28 Shenanigate!

alan, Unix Jedi, pdb, JayG, Gay Cynic and aepilotjim solve the most pressing crises of our time: What to call the global warming fraud!

There’s some other stuff as well. Lots of nerd talk about the climate and such.

Over two hours again. Probably bore you to tears. I wouldn’t listen. Srsly. I warned you.

OK, if you insist here’s the link:

It’s Vicious Circle #28.

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Vicious Circle 27 – Punching Hippies

alan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:45:05 +0000

Episode 27 Punching hippies for fun and profit.

alan, Phlegmmy, LawDog, Stingray, Labrat, Farmgirl and Breda yet again with no topic but that didn’t stop us. Hippie punching, Dogs fighting, Stingray smiling, LawDog stories and Phlegmmy mainlining champaign…

It’s all there and more. Over two hours. Yay.

It’s Vicious Circle #27.

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Vicious Circle 26 – Wild Monkey Sex

alan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:26:15 +0000

Episode 26

alan, pdb, Phlegmmy, UJ, TD, Stingray, Labrat unconstrained by a topic. Jarsquatter revisited. Phlegmmy reads porn (out loud) It’s completely disgusting. UJ almost died because he couldn’t breathe.

It’s Vicious Circle #26.

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Vicious Circle 25 – Open Carry

alan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:49:29 +0000

Episode 25

“Liberty is something entirely achievable, for us. We can actually make that happen, if we want to. ” -Jason Steiner

alan, pdb, UJ, Robb and Jason take on the Open Carry issue. (We’re all for it.)

And we slay the “retention” straw man while we’re at it.

Sorry, it’s still two hours this time and, contrary to rumor, there is no cash prize if you stay awake through the whole thing.

It’s Vicious Circle #25.

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Vicious Circle is bad for your health

alan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:03:20 +0000

christina jarsquatter reaction

Listen at your own risk.

Vicious Circle 24 – Economic Stupidity

alan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:09:33 +0000

Episode 24.

alan, TD, Caleb and Jason discus economic stupidity. From Government malfeasance to ignorant individuals. Don’t worry, I promise you won’t learn anything and there’s no math.

Only two hours this time, but you’ll probably need that screwdriver anyway.

Jason is also the founder of the guns group on LiveJournal. The Gumball video he mentions in the podcast is here.

It’s Vicious Circle #24.

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Robb Allen Is Awesome

alan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:46:33 +0000

Vicious Circle 23 – Obama Peace Prize, WTF?

alan — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:01:30 +0000

Episode 23. I was awakened by the news of Obama’s Peace Prize this morning and for a few seconds I thought I had finally managed to visit an alternate universe. Sadly that wasn’t the case.

Fortunately I was able to call an emergency VC to “discuss” the situation.

Join alan, pdb, Unix Jedi, JayG, Robb Allen, Stingray, Labrat and Phlegmmy as we have a collective WTF moment. (With more cameos by Dixie!)

As usual we couldn’t stay on topic and once again it’s almost 3 hours long.

Don’t forget your screwdriver, you’re really gonna need it this time.

It’s Vicious Circle #23.

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Vicious Circle 22 – Who Hates America?

alan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:39:43 +0000

Episode 22. Liberals accuse the Conservatives of hating, well.. Everyone. Conservatives say Liberals hate America. Who’s right and who’s full of it?

Join alan, pdb, Unix Jedi, JayG, Breda and Robb Allen as we try to makes sense of all the hatin’. (Don’t miss the cameo by Dixie!)

Don’t forget your screwdriver.

It’s Vicious Circle #22.

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Vicious Circle 21 – Sapper Lizards

alan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:49:40 +0000

Episode 21. We tried to make it the “Bloggers we hate” edition but while we made fun of a few bloggers, there just wasn’t any hate. Sorry to disappoint. As usual we got sidetracked, this time when LawDog stole the mic from Phlegmmy and started telling stories. If you want to know what a sapper lizard is you’ll have to listen.

Join alan, pdb, Unix Jedi, TD, Gay Cynic, Phlegmmy and LawDog as we fail to ride the drama llama and wind up talking about politics, “racism”, funny cop stories and stupid liberals.

Oh, and it’s almost three hours long. Bring your screwdriver.

It’s Vicious Circle #21.

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Vicious Circle 20 – Handgun Cartridges Suck

alan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:21:39 +0000

Episode 20, Handgun ammo and the myth of stopping power. Bullet size and power vs shot placement.

Join alan, pdb, Unix Jedi and TD as we discuss 9mm vs .40 vs .357 vs .45 etc. Pistol vs rifle and why we use a rifle instead of a pistol.

The bottom line: Shot placement counts more than bullet size. Rifles and Shotguns are better than pistols.

It’s Vicious Circle #20.

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Vicious Circle 19 – The US Constitution

alan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:35:44 +0000

Episode 19, The 222nd anniversary of the signing of the US Constitution. In typical VC fashion we “analyze” (blovate about) what works and doesn’t work, what we would change and our favorite parts.

We also have a few opinions about the unfolding ACORN scandal and the death rattle of big media.

Join alan, Stingray, Labrat, JayG and pdb in our ongoing efforts to screw the inscrutable. Don’t forget to bring your screwdriver!

It’s Vicious Circle #19.

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Vicious Circle 18 – Sucky Science Fiction Movies

alan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:50:07 +0000

Episode 18, Why can’t anyone make a good science fiction movie?

Join alan, Stingray, Labrat, TD, Unix-Jedi and Cueball as we cover the best, the worst and the bad ones we like anyway.

It’s Vicious Circle #18.

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Vicious Circle 17 – What the heck is wrong with Massachusetts?

alan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:42:39 +0000

In this episode we focus on the little European country of Massachusetts and ask, “What the fuck is wrong with you people?.”

Join alan, JayG, and Caleb as Caleb and I laugh at Jay and ask him why the heck he lives in such a fucked up state.

Cultural references discussed in this episode:

Robot Chicken, the Ted and Jenna episode

Welcome Back Kotter

Addams Family

Gilligan’s Island

(Yes we are that shallow)

It’s Vicious Circle #17.

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Vicious Circle 16 – Estrogen Overload!

alan — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:00:11 +0000

A while back Christina suggested and all female edition of VC. This is it. Stir in Farmgirl, Labrat and Breda and you have the Estrogen Overload edition of Vicious Circle.

We briefly say goodbye and good riddance to Teddy Kennedy, then move on to the topic suggested by Dixie in IRC: “why not talk about the effects, both good and bad, of the feminist movement”

It’s Vicious Circle #16.

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Vicious Circle 15 – The Return

alan — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:09:14 +0000

And we’re back! Did you miss us?

Like we care…

This episode’s topics: Open Carry Morality – WTF?, The White House white flag on guns and Obamacare!

Featuring Labrat, Stingray and TD.

Vicious Circle #15

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Vicious Circle 13 – Jar of Hate

alan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:23:07 +0000

Quantum breasts, Iran, shocking videos, “Oh my god, no!”, perils of socialized medicine, milk in a bag, “What, you believed a politician’s promises?”, Guantanamo: “Why didn’t we just shoot them in the first place.”, THAT guy that stood downrange.

Something to offend everyone.

And check out the new LabRat quotes feature on the sidebar.

Vicious Circle #13

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Vicious Circle 12 – Pacifism

alan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:29:25 +0000

In this episode: Pacifism

alan, pdb, LabRat, Stingray, Whitebread and TD beat the crap out of pacifism and discus dolphin sex.

Vicious Circle #12

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Vicious Circle 11 – You Talk Funny

alan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:07:11 +0000

In this episode: You Talk Funny

alan, pdb, breda, LabRat, Stingray, JayG, Bonnie, Unix-Jedi and TD discuss bad grammar, weird pronunciations and why we talk funny.

Vicious Circle #11

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“…very little structure, mediocre production quality, and a fair amount of rambling…” – Joe Huffman

Vicious Circle 10 – Favorite Guns

alan — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:32:08 +0000

In this episode: Favorite guns.

And like the signal, you can’t stop the drama.

alan, pdb, breda, LabRat, Stingray, JayG, Paul and TD dish out the snark with a helping of self abuse on the side. It doesn’t totally suck.

Vicious Circle #10

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Vicious Circle 09 – NRA Convention

alan — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:42:44 +0000

Live! (not) From the NRA convention in unbelievably hot Phoenix, it’s Vicious Circle #9.

Alan, TD, Stingray and Labrat discuss the NRA Convention, Blog Bash and other topics that we veered off into.

Vicious Circle #9

Vicious Circle 08 – We be hating.

alan — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:35:16 +0000

Episode 8: The hate episode. Airing of grievances. Calling out bloggers and bashing friends in preparation for the 2nd Amendment Blog Bash in Phoenix. Doing what we can to provide entertaining drama. I think we got everyone.

Alan, Paul, TD, Stingray, PDB, Squeaky JayG and Breda talked for over two hours. Unix-Jedi joined late and “helped”.

This is a long one – two hours of fun.

Click the link below to listen or subscribe on iTunes.

Vicious Circle #8

Vicious Circle 07 – Boomershoot 2009

alan — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:09:54 +0000

Episode 7: Boomershoot 2009

Alan and Squeaky talk about going to Boomershoot 2009. PDB listens enviously. The other losers that are normally on the podcast got scared and ran off.

Topics include what I did wrong, making boomers, Squeaky’s broken nose and the joy of making things go BOOM!

You can click the link below to listen or find us on iTUnes.

Vicious Circle #7

Vicious Circle 06 – 9th Incorporates the 2nd and Gun Owner Persecution.

alan — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:08:57 +0000

Episode 6: 9th Incorporates the 2nd and Gun Owner Persecution.

Alan, Paul, TD, Unix-Jedi, Stingray, PDB, FarmGirl and Phlegmmy talk about gun owner persecution and the 9th Circuit Court’s incorporation of the 2nd Amendment. Special Guest: Sebastian from Snowflakes In Hell.

We talked for a LONG time again. I managed to get the actual show in under an hour by ruthlessly cutting off topic bits. The fun part will have to wait until I have more time. Maybe I’ll do it on the plane tomorrow.

We spent a little time on gun owner persecution, which doesn’t get talked about enough. The 2nd Amendment IS a civil right just like freedom of the press and and religion.

The incorporation of the 2nd Amendment by the 9th Circuit Court became a hot topic today and since none of us are lawyers you’d think we would not have much to say about it. HAH! Ignorance never stopped us before and it didn’t this time.

You can click the link below to listen or find us on iTUnes.

Vicious Circle #6

Vicious Circle 05 – Glock vs 1911 AGAIN!

alan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:16:24 +0000

Episode 5: Glock vs 1911 AGAIN!

Alan, Paul, TD, Unix-Jedi, Stingray, PDB and Phlegmmy talk about the age old question, 1911 or Glock? This is a special expanded episode to make up for the one I screwed up last time.

We talked for two hours last night, but I managed to cut it down to only an hour and a half.

You will laugh and you might learn something. (but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that learning thing.)

Vicious Circle #5

Vicious Circle is in the iTunes Store

alan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:35:22 +0000

Vicious Circle iTunes Link

Vicious Circle 04 – Life without the Internet? Zomg!

alan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:59:47 +0000

Episode 4: Life without the Internet? Zomg!

Alan, Paul, TD, Unix-Jedi, Stingray and PDB talk about life before and after the Internet. Could the Internet go away? And what is a tactical Shmoo anyway?

Vicious Circle #4

Music on this episode:“Easy Winner” by The Blue Boys

Vicious Circle 03 – Porn!

alan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:59:18 +0000

Episode 3: where Alan, TD, Paul, UJ, Stingray and PDB discuss porn.

History of Porn, how porn affects the Internet and how the Internet affects porn. The rise of the amateur. How porn shows the futility of DRM. Porn at work?

You can listen to the experts talk about this and more here:

Vicious Circle #3

Vicious Circle 02 – 1911 vs Glock

alan — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:48:04 +0000

Episode 2: where Alan, TD and Paul discuss 1911 vs Glock and Skype kills the recording.

This one is short because when I tried to add Unix-Jedi to the call about 15 minutes in, Skype killed my recording somehow. It’s a shame because UJ had the perfect answer to the 1911 or Glock question and now no one will ever hear it. Oh well.

Vicious Circle #2

Vicious Circle 01 – Geekery

alan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:33:35 +0000

Episode 1: where Alan and Unix-Jedi tell IT stories and TD watches porn.

CONTENT WARNING! This episode contains Extreme Geekery. If words like “token ring” ”SQL” ”vampire tap” ”Clueless User” and other computer nerd terminology offend you, don’t listen.

Vicious Circle #1

Next week: 1911 vs Glock