Coffee Wars: Starbucks vs. Peet's

The great coffee wars are on! Sacramento is the spot where the decaf competition is heating up, with Peet's Coffe and Tea moving into town--and picking a prime location, right across from several Starbucks already in place. The chain opened its second Sacramento …

The California Primary Elections

This year, California is holding primary elections a little earlier than normal to have more say-power in the 2008 Presidential Elections. The primary will be held on February 5th (my 21st birthday) and will include three propositions on the ballot for voters to …

Music Video Monday: Hollywood Hill

Let's start 2008 off right with an amazing, and unreleased, track from Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall! Her first-ever performance of song "Hollywood Hill" was captured in Chicago by the PBS concert program SoundStage. The song serves as a memory piece to …

RadioMatthew.com On CBS13.com This Morning

In case you missed it...click for a larger view:

...my raw video from Vacaville, taken around 3:45AM, was the headline video on CBS13.com. CBS 13 started live coverage of today's rain and wind storm at 3:30AM. To see the video at CBS13.com, click here.

Sacramento: "I Want My DTV!"

The days of analog television (getting fuzzy reception with rabbit ears) are numbered--February 17th, 2009, all analog television signals will be shut down for good, replaced with a new technology that allows for highly-defined pictures and crystal-clear audio to flow …

The 2008 Weblog (Bloggies) Awards

The 2008 Annual Weblog Awards, known as the Bloggies, are coming up, and it would mean a lot to me if you took a few seconds out of your day to nominate this blog for an award in whatever category you feel is fit. You can nominate up to three blogs in each category …

Happy Nude Deer! (A Post About Butterfly Molestation)

If you haven't already, my home page at RadioMatthew.com has been changed drastically as part of a charity awareness I'm participating in for the month of January. Please check it out when you have a moment, and then take action--it won't hurt, I promise.

California …

Music Video Monday: Hollywood

Making Things Clear (And A My925 Review)

Okay, now I understand where all those people upset at My925 are coming from. What you see above is a report on how my site is linked to by Google based on what keywords are typed in, with the biggest hits shown (while "other" documents all other keywords). Notice a …

Remainders (101 in 1001)

I like how the past handful of days has been plagued with change. I've given a lot of thought to what my 2008 will bring me when it finally decides to arrive on Tuesday. The one thing I feel like I'm going to change--and it'll be a big one--is the ability to commit to …

Wednesday, Say Hello To My92.5

The same day Clear Channel announced that Paul Robins and Lori Sacco were getting the boot, the owners of KGBY in Sacramento also announced that long-time soft AC station Y92.5 would flip formats to bring Sacramento radio audiences a harder side of the alternative …

Music Video Monday: The Dancing Hippy

Happy Holidays, everyone. I'll be out of town for a while, so I'll be away from the computer. If you need some company, here's the dancing hippy from Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Paul Robins Says His Goodbye

When Clear Channel Communications asked Phil Cowan to leave last month, it was announced unexpectedly at the end of his KSTE 650AM lunchtime talk program. After twenty years on the Sacramento airwaves, most notably as part of the "Paul and Phil Show" on KGBY 92.5 …

The Two Sides Of Me

I have a confession to make, and you probably already know what it is, but I'm just going to come right out and say it: I still write at LiveJournal.

I thought I was ready to throw it all out here on the world wide web, but I wasn't, and LiveJournal provides a few …

Clear Channel Shows Paul Robins The Door

Clear Channel has punched Sacramento radio listeners in the gut once again, with the announcement that KGBY 92.5FM will be switching formats after December 26th and will be dropping its long-run morning drive program. This means that Paul Robins, who once hosted the …

Christmas Frenzy

I haven't sent out any of my Christmas cards yet, so many of you will be getting most of yours after Christmas (like my Canadian/international/other state friends). Sorry, I just haven't had time to stick them in the mail, but I will on Wednesday, I promise. Everyone …

Music Video Monday: Fleetwood Mac

About two nights ago, Ninja Jim and I were driving to Davis. I was aimlessly flipping through the FM stations in his car and I stumbled across a somewhat clear signal of Reno's classic rock station KOZZ 105.7FM. I couldn't believe we could pick up a Reno station …

Shiny Happy People vs. Depressed Bloggers

Over the past few months, I've come to notice something strange--there are too many depressing people writing blogs out there in this world. These people make me feel like I'm on a happy-to-sad roller coaster every day.

OK, I'll elaborate more on that idea: A few …

Music Video Monday: Break Anotha

Blake Lewis, the former American Idol contestant, may take Sacramento airwaves by storm. I overheard this track being played in our music director's office over at 100.5FM The Zone--and man, it got everyone within earshot complimenting the song! Check it out, and …

Music Video Monday: Dig

Instead of setting aside time to film a music video, the rock band Incubus decided to let YouTubers create the video to their latest single Dig. Above is my personal favorite (and the "grand prize" winner) from the contest. To see the official video (fan/band …