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Interviewing celebrities, breaking national stories, blogging daily, and offering candid commentary on pop culture is just a small sample of what he does. Ralphie Aversa is the relentless, tireless, non-stop-always-go host and executive producer of “The Ralphie Radio Show.” Check out his links above, and his blog below - and thanks for swinging through!

9.14.2007

wait til you hear what she makes a month still!


tmz's michael hundgen joined the show thursday night (9.13) with the latest on the mess that is, britney spears.

click here to listen to the fallout of britney's vma performance.

be excited.

- it's friday.

- campus invasion tonight at the woodlands! the same amazing club bht with coors light drink specials and prizes.

- my girlfriend's coming to visit.

okay maybe the last one is exclusive to me.

i wish this wasn't fake...

9.13.2007

welp...


yup, not everyone thinks britney sucks.

more awards... the honesty award to...

kid rock, who spoke about the vma's on a morning show in san diego earlier...

On Britney
Kid Rock: How does MTV do that, with like, is there some sort of special editing or camera filters they use, how do they make like Britney Spears look overweight and like she’s lip-synching like that? That was incredible.

On Kanye….
Kid: And then obviously with Kanye West not winning the award, we know Bush doesn’t like black people, apparently MTV doesn’t either. I was walking through the press line you know and he came storming through like Norman, like hey you know, like it was D-Day or something. I’m like calm down man, it’s just a kind of corny award show.

he also spoke about his fight with tommy lee - but really who cares?

hottest student in the world is...

shakira?

turns out the columbian cutie is taking classes at ucla? btw - unless you can read spanish, don't bother clicking the link.

and i thought my attention span was bad while in class at syracuse university.

secret password.

new england clam chowder.

the white.

tonight on the ralphie radio show!


- michael hundgen from tmz joins me with the fallout of the britney spears vma disaster.

- get on the guest list for club x at the woods!

- free lottery tickets thanks to pa lottery!

the funness begins tonight at seven.

9.11.2007

where were you?

it is one question that everyone has the answer to.

"Where were you when you first heard about the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001? "

third period of the day during my junior year of high school was always interesting, to say the least. the class was chemistry, taught by a guy named greg garzon. mr. garzon personified the word "character." he wasn't your stereotypical chem teacher, one who would scurry about in a long white jacket with goggles seemingly glued to his/her eyes. but garzon did know how to befuddle his students and at times, get a little rise out of them.

seriously though, greg garzon is another blog posting.

nonetheless, that tuesday, neither the lecture nor garzon could snag my attention. when i attended class in high school, my attention-span would rarely if ever follow long, much less stay for the entire period. certainly i was no stranger to daydream-land.

but i pulled a u-turn out of there when sister joyce spoke over the loudspeaker (i went to a catholic, co-ed high school). sister announced to the school that a plane had hit the world trade center. details were still unknown, but to please keep those who have been injured and killed, as well as their families and loved ones, in our prayers. the school then recited a hail mary.

by the time i reached fifth period, the second plane had collided with the other major tower of the wtc. coincidently enough, it was history class. our teacher, mrs. bryk, allowed us to watch cbs for updates.

i'll never forget the first time i witnessed footage of that second plane hitting. the entire scene looked surreal - straight out of a dramatic film. if only that was the case.

all of the specifics unfolded within' the next 24 hours - the two other sites where planes crashed, the hijackings, the terrorism-connection, the intention to hit the white house.

president bush gave, in my opinion, one of his most important and influential speeches of his term that night on national television. his reassurance that america would flourish, and seek out those responsible, struck a cord with all of us - who were so desperately searching for answers.

as i watched peter jennings so eloquently deliver one of his finest newscasts (read: day-long shift) as a broadcaster, i channeled my fear, anger, anxiety, and hope through my most familiar channel.

i can officially say that it was the events on september 11th that led me to pursue an interest in creative and digital video editing. my first two videos were produced within 48 hours of the attacks. about a year later, i worked on a piece that to this day, brings about goosebumps.

9.10.2007

almost as bad as brit...

Cop forgets national anthem

pathetic.

the title does not describe this year's mtv video music awards, which shy of the opening act, was innovative and refreshing to say the least.

britney spears, however, is a disaster. the performance is below, comment as you wish.

9.07.2007

in case there was ever a doubt...

ludacris is the best cameo-rapper, period. i could list them all, instead i'll provide an mp3 of his latest masterpiece - jennifer lopez's "do it well." he just single-handidly made this a "certified banger."

click here to listen.

the subtitles SO add to the experience.

9.06.2007

making you smile...

one picture at a time.

verne troyer ridin' dirty in toronto... atleast they didn't catching him peeing in public!

yawn.

mtv confirms that britney will open the vmas.

that's so a couple weeks ago on this blog - the first blog on the net to report it.

c'mon now.

so funny right now.

so i just got back into the studios here at bht from the starbucks. drive-thru line looked a little long, and i had a few minutes to spare. inside it was.

i get in, and thankfully there's a small line, but unfortunately, there's a newbie taking orders.

"this is going to get fun," i think to myself.

i proceed to the counter, "hey, iced grande coffee, non-fat, two splendas, shot of sugar-free vanilla."

c'mon, you knew my drink at the big-bad-bucks.

"whoa, sorry man, gotta slow down, i'm new here," the green-eared and aproned barista responded.

suddenly from the back comes a more experienced worker, who politely takes my order while showing the new guy what buttons to press on the screen.

"yeah, it'll take you a while to get used to that," he explains to the amateur.

like i'm some kind of weird species or something. ORDER FAST OR GO HOME!

okay, i'm calm now.

9.05.2007

as i was saying...

after working many many holiday weekends, especially of the labor day variety, i could appreciate being able to have lengthened weekend off. spent it in scenic stamford, ct with the gf. i left in the wee hours of saturday morning, after hosting club bht from the woodlands. arrived at her place a little after 5a, woke-up around 9:45a to catch an 11a train to nyc. from the train to the 4 - we headed uptown to the bronx. and then we saw this.

yup, ball game over, yankees win!

from there it was downtown, times square to be exact. i was going to take pictures, but they'd be the same stereotypical tourist shots you've seen/snapped yourself. so i decided to just enjoy the view.

we met my mom, sis, and aunt at bubba gump shrimp, right in between the hard rock cafe and mtvizzle. the rest of the fam was in town to see the taping of ellen's show - it aired yesterday. she had hillary clinton and usher as guests.

you wouldn't think of a seafood place as having amazing burgers, but indeed they did. hotness i tell ya. the fried calamari was also excellent. and the wait staff is hilarious - i particularly enjoyed the quiz on the movie forrest gump before our food was served.

i also left my driver's license in my car back at the train station. yet through smooth talking, a little sympathy, and i guess my non-boyish looks - i drank miller lite all day throughout the tri-state area.

after another subway trip, a lengthy walk through half of harlem and a train ride - we were back safe and sound in stamford after a nice day gallivanting throughout nyc.

stayed through tuesday morning, and drove right back to work as i pulled down i-81. as usual, the long weekend wasn't long enough, but hey, i'm not complaining.

a father-son affair.

spike lee, brad pitt, and their sons enjoy last night's yankees win. now THAT'S being a father.
oh, and go yankees!

been a minute.

hey hey.

i know, it's been a while. i usually don't blog friday-sunday, and with monday being a holiday, and tuesday being catch-up day (and wednesday being catch-up from tuesday day)...

yeah, you get the idea.

last night on the show i talked about whoopi goldberg making waves on her first official show as new co-host of the view. right off the bat - whoopi causes a stir by "defending" michael vick. i'll use quotations because she didn't necessarily say, "i defend michael vick." she simply said dogfighting in the south is a cultural thing that people can't understand.

but peta responded in an appropriate fashion today, saying that whoopi needs to understand the cruelty behind the "sport," and that isn't a culture-thing, it's a cruelty-thing.

touche.

whoopi did a little two-step on today's show, clarifying yesterday's remarks. but the damage has been done.
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tomorrow on the show - r. kelly's trial, postponed, again! michael hundgen from tmz gives us the reasons and the latest.
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oh thanks for asking about my labor day weekend! it was superb. i cannot remember the last time i had a chance to do nothing but eat hot dogs, drink beer, watch baseball, and lay around all day - on a holiday or for that matter any other day. spent it with the gf... pictures to come later.
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along with much more.
uno!

8.30.2007

love the e-mails.

received this tonight...

From: ____________________
To : ralphie@97bht.com
CC :
Date : Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:40:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject : hey there
i listen to you every night on the radio..ive even spoken to you. I have to say that you are a breath of fresh air on the radio...you make my nights soo much more fun. You are soo energetic and i just love your voice..its very sexy. I hope i am not embarrassing you. Perhaps someday we will get to meet in person.
Take care.
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oh no - thank you! and i thought the new britney song or the tmz interview was cool. this so made my night!