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Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by joezydeco » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 10:37 PM UTC

nlh wrote: post #27

Great article (I'm a fan of the show.) If I may turn the discussion toward something a bit more HN-relevant, a few questions: * The engineer in me is always intrigued by the operations of the show. Does anyone have any details on the equipment / software they use? I tried to gleam some juicy stuff from this shot: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/07/31/arts/31STERNJP1/3... But the blur effect makes it hard to make…

Slightly clearer view here:

http://famousworkspaces.tumblr.com/post/21326452092/howard-s...

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by l33tbro » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 10:52 PM UTC

maxerickson wrote: post #7

His 1997 (semi?) biographical film Private Parts is full of lascivious shenanigans that you might expect from a "shock jock", but it's also thoughtful and charming.

That's why I'm at w loss for the titling if the article. Stern has always been wonderful, ahead of the curve and a game-changer for radio. Private Parts is a great primer for anyone not familiar, and is not bad at all for a biopic.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by bombtrack » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 10:53 PM UTC

wmeredith wrote: post #24

MrMullen wrote: post #15

Late career Howard Stern show is a fantastic show. Yes, there are the usual collections of low-brow humor, stunts and fart jokes. However, every now and then there will be an A or B level movie/TV/sport star on and Howard can spend an hour or hour and half extracting every little juicy story out of them. He can get people to tell all kinds of stories about their lives and keeps them on task and focused on telling the…

I'll always listen to an interview by Howard Stern. They're fantastic. That said, I can't listen to his regular show gags, songs, and bits for more than a few minutes before turning it off out of cringe-inducing disgust. His brand of low-brow makes my skin crawl for some reason.

Where do you listen to the interviews? I was recently obsessed with finding the interview he did with Larry David, but could not find it anywhere. Someone posted it on YouTube when it originally aired, but it has since been taken down.

I found no official channels to pay for access to his catalogue or anything.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by schlarpc » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 11:08 PM UTC

bombtrack wrote: post #33

wmeredith wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll always listen to an interview by Howard Stern. They're fantastic. That said, I can't listen to his regular show gags, songs, and bits for more than a few minutes before turning it off out of cringe-inducing disgust. His brand of low-brow makes my skin crawl for some reason.

Where do you listen to the interviews? I was recently obsessed with finding the interview he did with Larry David, but could not find it anywhere. Someone posted it on YouTube when it originally aired, but it has since been taken down. I found no official channels to pay for access to his catalogue or anything.

If you're a SiriusXM subscriber there's a catalog of 252 interviews available on demand: https://player.siriusxm.com/

The list is also available without signing up here: http://www.siriusxm.com/servlet/Satellite?c=SXM_PageDetail_C...

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by grimgrin » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 11:09 PM UTC

bombtrack wrote: post #33

wmeredith wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll always listen to an interview by Howard Stern. They're fantastic. That said, I can't listen to his regular show gags, songs, and bits for more than a few minutes before turning it off out of cringe-inducing disgust. His brand of low-brow makes my skin crawl for some reason.

Where do you listen to the interviews? I was recently obsessed with finding the interview he did with Larry David, but could not find it anywhere. Someone posted it on YouTube when it originally aired, but it has since been taken down. I found no official channels to pay for access to his catalogue or anything.

If anyone was looking for a specific example, here's one I'm going through with Hugh Jackman. A lot about his character as Wolverine. Great example of Howard not being afraid to say anything, and still seeming to entertain the guest (I'd imagine there are interviews where this is the opposite).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPBuu63n8uc

edit: okay well briefly about Wolverine. Now it's much more personal.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by bogomipz » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 11:13 PM UTC

at-fates-hands wrote: post #17

I'm seriously surprised its taken this long for the Times and the media in general to realize what an incredible interviewer he is. He pulls stuff out of people you never hear anywhere. I can say some of the celebs they have on there I truly despised, then I hear Stern interview them and come away actually liking them. He just seems to get people to open up and then tell some heartfelt stories. Case in point - never…

Agreed. This is typical of mainstream media, who for years only focused on the prurient and racy segments of his show. Much like how Rolling Stone magazine ignored AC/DC for 35 years and then in their waning days decided to proclaim them "the greatest hard rock band ever." Howard has always been a great interviewer, his gift is that he gets guests to forget they on a live radio show revealing things about themselves to strangers. Marc Maron is similar in this respect. If you like interviews his WTG pod cast is great. Anyway nothing "happened" to Howard Stern however it sounds like something "happened" to a journalist at the NY Times.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by HN_bot » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 11:27 PM UTC

Plenty HN users vote/comment on some self absorbed rich radio persona who manage to drag his pompous irrelevance many decades now but jump a few weeks earlier and what you see? only 4 points and 5 comments on the jihadist attack in Nice France. Priorities!

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by joemi » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 11:33 PM UTC

nlh wrote: post #27

Great article (I'm a fan of the show.) If I may turn the discussion toward something a bit more HN-relevant, a few questions: * The engineer in me is always intrigued by the operations of the show. Does anyone have any details on the equipment / software they use? I tried to gleam some juicy stuff from this shot: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/07/31/arts/31STERNJP1/3... But the blur effect makes it hard to make…

I don't have any solid answers, but...

* You might have some luck browsing http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ to try to match up the hardware. B&H has a lot of Pro-sumer and straight up Pro products, in addition to all their consumer stuff.

* In radio parlance, devices/software that lets you store and play various clips is called a "soundboard". Or at least it was last time I knew anything about radio... might have newer terms now that everything's definitely digital.

Like I said, nothing solid, but this might help you look into it a bit more.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by StanislavPetrov » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 11:36 PM UTC

I'd just like to point out that in addition to his radio show he had a very unique and entertaining sketch comedy/variety show. Known to many fans as the "Channel 9 Howard Stern Show" (as not to be mistaken for the "Howard Stern Show"). It ran from 1990-1992 on Saturday nights and contained all original content and skits (as opposed to video of his radio show like the E! show that came later). Extremely entertaining and original, definitely worth checking out for anyone who has an interest in the evolution or career of Howard Stern.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show_(WWOR)

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by ben174 » Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 11:40 PM UTC

Sirius did a huge audio production called "The History of Howard Stern" which they'd play when Howard went on vacation or filming America's Got Talent. It's absolutely massive. Must be 60+ hours.

It goes into incredible detail of every point of his career and plays all the old key moments. It's an amazing listen. Really interesting watching his personality evolve from a geeky Weird Al type guy into what he's become.

I loved it so much I converted it into a podcast feed for myself to listen to whenever I have free time. I think I'm only like 75% through and I've been listening to it for over a year.