A clean-shaven Sam Roberts stopped by the studio today to chat up his new album, Love at the End of the World. Here’s the audio:

Sam Roberts Interview

I’ve been in Calgary about a year and a few months now, and just today I noticed that Shoppers Drug Mart (and other Calgary pharmacies) sell cigarettes. In Ontario they haven’t been able to sell them for years…the theory being that a place that’s main purpose is health care, and helping people get better shouldn’t be in the business of selling a product that mostly makes people sick or kills them. What’s your feeling on this? We talked about it and got the alberta rules from a listener:

Smokes at Shoppers

We’ve talked on-air about how Greg (X92.9 Evening/Weekend guy) doesn’t own or like jeans. Today, it came to my attention that Greg doesn’t wear shorts, like shorts, or even think men should wear shorts. Here’s the debate:

Greg Hates Shorts

Take the poll over there —–>

Dallas came by the studio with Cheryl from The Calgary Humane Society. He’s a 2-year old lab mix, with a dark chocolate coat and some white markings on his paws and belly. His owner had to give him up when she moved to Calgary, and her roomate had allergies. He’s a friendly, well-trained fellow who knows how to sit, lie down, and even roll over.

By now everyone knows that Greg Beharrell, evening/weekend host on X, is a strange fellow. I’m of the opinion that one must enjoy the little things in life, like a dog, or a nice sunset, or a new clock radio. Greg thinks all the little things are worthless. The only thing important to Greg is girls. I think Greg needs to stop and smell the roses. Hear the debate here:

Greg is a Weird Dude - Smell the Roses

Saturday, Newsboy made the “Mrs.” in “Mrs.” Newsboy official. I Emceed the wedding, and also made an appearance at the ceremony. The ceremony was held in a real live church. We talked about making church more appealing to young people with a animatronic laser Jesus, and how for a few minutes I was an unintentional douchebag. Listen:

Newsboy’s Wedding

HOW NOT TO BE A SUNGLASSES DOUCHE:

• No sunglasses indoors. Take them off. Only exception here is if you’re in a sunroom, or a house made entirely of glass.
• No sunglasses at night. Corey Hart is a douche, and you are too if you wear your sunglasses after sunset.
• No sunglasses at bars, clubs or concerts. This is combining the “indoors” and “at night” rules for double-douchiness. You might think people will look at you and think, “how mysterious” or “that guy is cool.” Truthfully, people will be looking at you thinking “how douchey” or “that guy is re-goddamned-diculous!”
• Men should not wear oversize sunglasses. (Women shouldn’t either, but that’s a bigger fight)
• Men should not wear sunglasses with highly visible designer names or symbols. (ie. D&G, Chanel) It’s just lame and douchey.
• Men should also avoid the lightly tinted J-Lo style glasses. Do I need to explain?

These are just a few tips to help you avoid being douchey. If you see a friend who needs to be told - tell them. It’s also perfectly acceptable to walk by someone wearing sunglasses indoors and saying loudly and sarcastically while shielding your eyes: “owww, my eyes! It’s so bright in here, I wish I had my sunglasses!”

As of now, there’s a new Nine Inch Nails album available completely free here. We’ve been playing one of the songs Discipline on X92.9 for the past couple of weeks. NIN will be through town at the Saddledome on July 29th. Enjoy!

It’s been more than a month since I last heard from “my biggest fan.” Apparently she was on some kind of bizarro cleanse and retreat. Listen to the call here:

Stalker May 02

Greg Beharrell is a weird dude. He hosts Thursday and Friday evenings, and weekend afternoons on X92.9. We’ve made a bit of an ongoing segment about some of his “quirks.” Today Greg told us that the only reason a guy should go to a movie is with a girl, otherwise it’s a waste of time. Listen:

Greg on movies