Vertically Striped Radio - Episode 8: The Sockie Awards Presentation plus The Ed and The Whale.

Craig presented the "Sockie" awards. The Ed was on hand to make his acceptance speech on behalf of "The Ed Show." We also honored the great Joe Sakic, and The Whale called in and offered his always welcome insights as Ed, the Whale and Craig broke down the Magnificent 7 reasons why the 80's are vastly overrated.

The Vertically Striped Music recommendation of the week was "Evil Urges" by the band My Morning Jacket.

This was probably one of our best shows, which may be damning with faint praise, but I enjoyed doing it. You can check it out by listening on the widget below, or you can download it over at www.blogtalkradio.com/verticallystripedradio

The Nominations for "The Vertically Striped Awards for Excellence in the Field of Excellence" (a.k.a. "The Sockies")

As announced on the Vertically Striped Radio program yesterday, here are the official nominees for the 2009 Vertically Striped Awards for Excellence in the Field of Excellence. More commonly known as "The Sockies." This is a very prestigious award, you can't just win by being a monkey or anything.

There are a couple of ways that YOU can get involved in the Sockies this year. Most of the Awards are being decided by the members of The Vertically Striped Academy of Arts, Sciences, and other Neato Stuff however, you can help decide the categories for Best Radio Show and also Sports Idiot of the Year.

Best Radio Show is being decided completely by the vote on Dameshek.com, you can click here to vote. Also, you can vote for Sports Idiot of the Year on VerticallyStripedSocks.com this week look over to the right side of the page for the ballot. Your votes will help decide the winner of "Sports Idiot of the Year." The voting closes at 3:00 Mountain time on Saturday the 11th of July, so be sure to vote!

The nominations are listed below, good luck to all, and remember, it is an honor just to be nominated!

Best Holiday:

• Independence Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas
• Flag Day
• New Year's Eve

Best Color:

• Orange
• Brown
• Green
• Blue
• Purple
  

Sports Team of the Year:

• Denver Nuggets
• Pittsburgh Penguins
• Tampa Bay Rays
• Arizona Cardinals
• Chicago Blackhawks
  

Best Picture (That I've actually seen this year):

• Up
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Star Trek
• The Hangover
• Earth
  

Best Website:

• LCShockey.com
• CentSports.com
• TheEdsSuperDeluxeWebsite.com
• Dameshek.com
• Twitter.com
  

Sports Idiot of the Year:

• Brett Favre
• Plaxico Burress
• Josh McDaniels
• Manny Ramierez
• Marion Hossa
  

The People's Choice Sockie - Best Dameshek Amalgamated Messageboard Network Show: (Voting taking place on Dameshek.com through July 11th)

• Dameshek on Demand
• The No Name Show
• The Ed Show
• Vertically Striped Radio
• Elevation Radio
• The LCS Hockey Show
• The Barnstable Broadcast

Vertically Striped Radio - Episode 7: "The Sockie Award" nominations plus the Raiders' Soul Plane

We had quite the show, Craig took calls from The Ed, The Whale, and a guy in Springfield, Illinois none too pleased with holidays.

The Onion provided a bit of reporting, and Craig discussed AirAsia's new Oakland Raiders plane.

The highlight of the show was when The Vertically Striped Academy of Arts, Sciences, and other Neato Stuff unveiled the nominees for the 1st annual "Sockie" awards for such important categories as: Best Holiday, Sports Team of the Year, Best Color, Best Radio Show, and Best Picture (that I have actually seen this year.)

Best Dameshek Amalgamated Messageboard Network radio show is actually a "People's Choice" with the voting on dameshek.com for anyone who is interested in casting their vote. Quite a fun show, I recommend it as highly as the host of a show can recommend someone listening to his own show.

The widget below should work to get you the show, or you can always hear it by going to www.blogtalkradio.com/verticallystripedradio which is the home to Vertically Striped Radio. Check it out!