  The Real John McCain  2008-08-25 04:03 GMT -04:00 This isn't one of our own videos but it's a very important one. It's a great compilation of how much of a liar John McCaine has been on VERY important issues. Maybe it's Alzheimer's but I doubt it. If this punk gets into office...I'll whine and cry about it online. Peace. -Adam Tenth Anniversary! 2008-08-23 15:05 GMT -04:00 Today Rants and Raves celebrates its tenth anniversary. This all was started back in August of 1998, right before the Crew started high school. Pretty crazy huh? To be honest I don't have anything special to put up here. What I can say is there are still a few shows left to be edited and released that may be up within the month. Also I am currently developing a TV pilot that will be shot next year so look out for that. Peace. -Adam Finally the Show... 2008-08-20 00:11 GMT -04:00 Two updates in a matter of days! How can this be?!? Well...it is. Finally I can release the show I've been waiting to release to everyone! I spent a little under six months of my life acting as the engineer for Matt Pless' new album Alarm Clock Time Bomb. It was my first time recording/mixing a full band arrangement and it was fun at times and really frustrating at others. If you've never recorded music before you'll never know the true emotional rollercoaster everyone goes through but that's the gist of things. In this episode of the Infrequency you'll get to hear three tracks off Matt's new release and also hear about some of the behind the scenes of the album. Matt we'll explain the man on his album cover, his life as a working musician and other random things. I've broken the show into three parts to keep the sound quality relatively decent. Matt Pless interview part 1 Matt Pless interview part 2 Matt Pless interview part 3 Enjoy and if you like Matt's stuff check him out at http://www.myspace.com/mattpless or www.mattpless.com -Adam You 'Da Man Phelps 2008-08-17 00:17 GMT -04:00 Congratulations you fish of a dude! Michael Phelps, you deserved it and Baltimore loves you! -Adam New Show 2008-07-27 21:37 GMT -04:00 It wasn't the one I was expecting to have uploaded but ones better than another, right? Here it is...me doing the ultimate in videogame drumming. 100% on Rock Band drum's Easy mode! W00t! By the way I turned 24 today. And happy belated birthday to Todd! -Adam BIG NEWS 2008-07-09 16:35 GMT -04:00 First, the smaller news. I have an almost-finished show ready for release. I just need one segment and it will be up. My computer doesn't have that file and I'll be getting it by this weekend. And now, THE BIG NEWS. I bought a camera. That's right...I got myself my dream (at least for now) camera...the Sony PMW-EX1. It's an HD camera that can shoot in all kinds of modes, do slo-fast-mo and it uses no tape. Any shows we do with this camera will be put on the HD-capable vimeo.com along with standard def on YouTube. My house has become a real multimedia powerhouse over the years. Recording studio? Check. Photography? Check Video production? Check. -Adam New Stuff Coming Soon 2008-06-18 02:45 GMT -04:00 Just so you all know I am NOT dead. My photography business has been taking up most of my time lately and prior to that I was recording a music album with a guy named Matt Pless. One of the "new stuffs" come out is the interview with him and of course a few of his new tracks are going to be on the show. I engineered and mixed the record so it would be interesting to hear some comments from everyone once it's out. And of course if you like what you hear you can buy some mp3s or the record from http://myspace.com/mattpless Other "new stuffs" include shows that I recorded this past February and a show with Aaron and me that was recorded....oh...over a year ago! WTF? I don't know I'm just lazy like that I guess. -Adam Worst. Wednesday. Ever. 2008-04-03 0:47 GMT -04:00 I was angry almost the entire day today. I tried to be productive. I really REALLY tried my best but the planets did not align for me. Stuff was breaking left and right, I couldn't get my errands finished because places closed. Grrrr...I don't know if I can sleep well tonight after this stress and I need to get up early tomorrow. Damn it. Any way, you get to hear me in a angry yet calm (due to not wanting to waking up the neighbors) tone in the new show. Check it out. Now...for me back to more stress. Maybe I'll just call it a night and evercise/watch TV. Yeah...that sounds good right about now. -Adam Comcast Lowers HD Quality I posted this over at the forum but you all NEED to see this if you are a Comcast HD subscriber. You are no longer receiving true HD (or won't be soon). http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1008271 Even people who aren't videophiles can see that quality degradation Comcast is pulling over on us. O Verizon FiOS, where art thou? -Adam Why You Shouldn't Buy Bluray 2008-02-07 06:30 GMT -04:00 Over this past Christmas season I purchased an HD DVD player for my family to enjoy movie in HD. While it's not without its flaws (slow bootup time compared to standard DVD, player locks up with scratched discs) when it works it works EXTREMELY well. With that bias in mind, I bring you this: "Early adoptors knew what they were getting into" Bluray Disc profile 2.0 movies are going to be released in the next few months and may not be compatible with older players. Older players that cost consumers hundreds and sometimes (for the early EARLY adopters) thousands of dollars. Sony reps have this "I don't give a crap" attitude. So you know what I say? If you are thinking of investing in a high def player, go HD DVD like I did. HD DVD is a complete format. All its players offer upgradeability. The format is equal in every way (picture and audio quality) to Bluray. It's cheaper to buy ($150 for a Toshiba HD-A3) and cheaper for disc manufacturers to make (which means lower cost discs sooner rather than later with BRD). HD DVD is the superior format. And heck, if it weren't for HD DVD all of you Blu Ray owners may still be seeing the crappy mpeg-2 HD video that earlier titles used. And since HD DVD is region free, you can import discs from other countries that are Bluray exclusive in the states. As one person put it, if the studios were format neutral BRD would be dead in the ground right now. But because Sony is being anti-consumer and paying off movie studios left and right, they have the dominate format. -Adam The Media are Still Ignoring Ron Paul 2008-01-25 00:56 GMT -04:00 Since the mainsteam media unabashedly are STILL ignoring Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, let me mention him again. But this time let me give you several reasons, courtesy of this website as to why you might want to vote for him. ------------------------------------
With all the good platforms, large financial contributions by INDIVIDUALS and other positive things about Ron Paul, why do the media continue to marginalize this man? It's absolutely sickening to me how much power these television companies have over politics but the reality is that they do. -Adam OMG an Update for 2008! 2008-01-20 01:22 GMT -04:00 There hasn't been a new show uploaded since last April. And that's just sad, really. That's exactly the time I started my business so it makes sense but there's still enough free time in my life to do at least one show. This stuff and more is addressed in this MONTH's Keynote. I am going to try and put out one episode of the Keynote a month and every once and a while...if I'm lucky...do an Infrequency show. Download the new show NOW 2007 was an awesome year for myself and a number of the crew. Hopefully 2008 will bring more to the show but I wouldn't get my hopes up. As much as I want to dedicate time to the show it's just not one of my priorities in life anymore. I will be shooting a new short documentary at the beginning of the month and possibly edit the Piece of Shit Races Episode 2 soon as well! I sure hope! -Adam POS Race Episode 2 Coming Soon! 2007-09-28 00:17 GMT -04:00 And you thought you'd never see it again! Yep, over the weekend we taped the second Piece of Shit Races match. This time, we did it in high definition....w00t my nerdy brothers! Here are some still grabs to whet your appetite until I finish editing it (which could be a while but could be soon, I really don't know!): Greg's hosting this time Danny and his Charade Me talking about the Mustang The l33t racing pedals WTF is a Daihatsu? Who will win? By the way, Ron Paul was in Baltimore earlier this evening. I'm sorry I missed it...I didn't know until this morning! Oh well, maybe next time, eh? -Adam Ron Paul for President 2007-07-07 03:21 GMT -04:00 Please go here. Thank you. -Adam Infrequency Part 2 2007-04-13 15:25 GMT -04:00 Oops. I meant to release part 2 about two weeks ago. Sorry! April 25, 2007 Infrequency Part 2 Stefanie and I continue our discussion on the media. We go into detail about the Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom murders, and the Wichita Massacre. -Adam The Media vs. Ron Paul 2007-05-20 02:25 GMT -04:00 Just a couple of months ago when I first heard about congressman Ron Paul, I loved the fact that he has Libertarian views and is running as a Republican for president. That's truly the only way to win, IMO. I didn't think he stood a chance. But now I do. But, since his views....although as Conservative as can be (and isn't that what Republicanism is all about?)....are different from "neo cons", the mainstream media is trying to hide the man that is Ron Paul. Talk about encroachment on democracy and obvious bias. The candidate who speaks to the people. The candidate who is fed up with the way things have been going for God knows how long. The candidate who actually has some fucking integrity, unlike all of the other two-faced, backstabbing, backdoor dealing lying politicians that we are all used to. Since Ron Paul doesn't have the money hats and doesn't follow party line, the media is attempting to obstracize him. Good luck....the tidal wave has already begun folks. "Ron Paul, why do you blame Americans for 9/11." Ron Paul DID NOT blame Americans. He blamed the American government. BIG DIFFERENCE! Jon Stewart, the man who went on CNN's Crossfire and stuck it to their hosts...barely a whimper about Mr. Paul during The Daily Show's coverage of the GOP debates. Hmm...who is doing theatre now? That's not to say it's Jon Stewart's fault, but the powers that be are obviously at play here. To support Ron Paul, I will mention him every chance I get. I am going to re-register as a Republican so I can vote for him. And I urge all of you to do the same. Even if your beliefs are liberal in nature...if you want someone who wants to get the government off your back and perhaps keep some more change in your pocket...vote for Ron Paul! -Adam Intelligent Discussion on The Media 2007-05-15 22:46 GMT -04:00 During the last show I read an article by Stefanie Williams about the murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. Well...she is Rants and Raves' newest guest! We talked for quite some time, so this is going to be a two-parter. April 25, 2007 Infrequency Part 1 We discuss many things, from the media black out, journalism, Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson, women issues, and many more. There isn't much humor in this show, but there is substance. I'll release the rest of the show on Friday. Also...sorry the site was down all weekend. Let's just say GoDaddy sucks and I'll leave it at that. -Adam Special Talk Show 2007-04-13 15:25 GMT -04:00 The news has been insane this past week and I just couldn't help myself but to chime in. Unedited (except audio processing), here's the brand new Special show: April 13, 2007 Special Topics: Anna Nicole Smith, Don Imus, the Duke Case, the Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom murders, and the Wichita Massacre. -Adam Finally...New Shows 2007-03-15 01:45 GMT -04:00 Look...I'm real sorry I haven't been very punctual with getting new shows out. I'm at a transitional period in my life where I am looking for a career and it's tough balancing hobbies with jobs. And to be perfectly honest with everyone, since I never get feedback from shows it's pointless for me to even care about the show. It's a love of labor...but at the same time there are more important things to do. Keynote 11/20/2006 Topics: Ms. Sue, Dance Dance Revolution, manscaping, Wed 2.0, the significance of farting, year-round school, MD smoking tax increase, and Borat's ethics. Music: Joe Sibol - Jacket That You Never Wore Keynote 11/27/2006 Topics: Black Friday, Canon XHA1, non-stop poker, written agreements, and Progressive insurance. Music: Megaphone - Stain I'd like to get back to making video shows. I'd rather release three video shows a month rather than four audio shows. That may be the new direction for the site in the future...if anything at all. Everything is still up in the air in my mind, but I can tell you that I will fulfill all shows up until this month at some point. RARShow.com will continue to exist. I use other sections of my web hosting account for business purposes...so it will NOT go off the Internet any time soon. If I ever feel that it may create a conflict of interest between my jobs and my hobbies...I will have to choose the job interest over the hobby. This show is all about strong opinions and unfortunately some people may see that as "off-the-wall." It's just not worth it to keep a show going that ruins my reputation without any form of compensation. I doubt anyone would really care anyway if this site went off the Internet tomorrow anyway. -Adam Smoking Ban in Baltimore 2007-03-04 04:00 GMT -05:00 I've never had a tobacco product in my life. I find the smell of cigarettes disgusting and I know that it's a horrible habit. Littering via smokers...don't get me started. HOWEVER, I think that the new Baltimore City smoking ban is bull shit. The mayor said, ""The good health of our citizens should not be left to choice." Umm...yes it should. Are you gonna ban fast food next? Actually...NYC is on it's way with their ban of trans fats. Now the food up there isn't going to taste as good. Stupid people are bad for my health. More often than not they are the ones who pick fights and cause property damage. Let's ban them. Let's ban cell phones because they MIGHT cause brain tumors. Let's ban motor vehicles because smog is a MAJOR health concern in Baltimore. There's a lot of cancer going around this area...and I think pollution may have something to do with it. Computers aren't good for your health either. They make you get poor eyesight and can make you fat and lazy. LET'S BAN THEM TOO!!!!!!! Also, the last time I checked, one of the principles of this country is FREEDOM. How can we be the land of the free when businesses can't allow their guests to do a legal activity inside their PRIVATE PROPERTY? Huh? Land of the free...indeed. Come January 2008, I will walk into City hall and light up a fake cigarette. I want to make a point...but not at the expense of my health. By the way...new shows coming soon! -Adam Interview with Jim Babka 2007-02-04 01:38 GMT -05:00 I recently had the chance to interview the president/co-founder of one of my favorite political organizations: Downsize DC. Now, the group's name is pretty self-explanatory...they want to take power away from Congress and make government smaller in general. They are a non-partisan organization that has a great method to deliver messages to your local representatives. All you do is sign up and you can do almost one-click letter sending...ala Amazon.com shopping. Listen now Mr. Babka was a great guest and I hope that Downsize DC's campaigns go through! I mean, who can disagree with the notion that our lawmakers should actually read the bills they pass into law? -Adam A Few New Shows 2007-01-15 06:00 GMT -05:00 I have a few new shows for you all to enjoy. Keynote 11/6/2006 Topics: The small things in life, Listerine Advanced, Syriana filmed in Dundalk, Llama Toe, male genital mutilation, Windows BitDefender, debates + polygraphs, and regulations = law? | Music by: Atomic Tangerine Keynote 11/13/2006 Topics: Special split-edit show, Quit my "internship", starting the business, paternity test product, extreme smoking ban, the PlayStation 3 shortage, and Adam Sandler's movie "Click". Also, I split the Infrequency show that was just released into two parts. 30+ MB was really just too high of a file size and I really think the show is an important one to hear. -Adam Gun Control and You 2007-01-11 01:03 GMT -05:00 As some of you may know, I am a huge proponent of the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I believe it is one of the rights that has continully been shitted upon...illegaly, I might add. Anyway, there's a new Infrequency out now that is about all that and more. The show's guest is Henry Heymering, president of Maryland Shall Issue. Henry and I talked about a lot of good stuff surrounding gun control laws in Maryland, including the history of the 2nd amendment, the media's role in public perception, the new mafia, and trusting others. Get the new show NOW: Part 1 Part 2 I sincerely apologize for interrupting Mr. Heymering so much during the interview. But the whole issue of acquiring a gun permit and the lame, nonsensical gun laws in Maryland get me excited. On top of that, there's a delay with the Internet phone system I use. Also, if anyone thinks the shows are too big (file size-wise), please let me know and I will cater to your needs. If I don't hear any complaints, I'll assume everyone who visits this site has a decent internet connection. -Adam Congressman Ron Paul 2007-01-07 22:49 GMT -05:00 Ron Paul is the best Congressman in the United States' federal government right now. To me, he's the only one with good-reasoned principles and decisions. Check out his website now. -Adam War Has Been
Declared I am waging a war against this lame ass company
that is talked
about in today's show. Acacia Technologies Group is a company that
specializes
in taking advantage of our government's broken patent system and
extorting
money from major companies. Basically, they acquire or file vague
technology
patents and then wait for the technology to be developed before they
come
in and file lawsuits. They don't have to put millions of dollars into
researching
how these technologies will actually work, or the man hours/brainpower
spent
to develop this stuff...they just brainstorm vague concepts and
viola...instant denero. Apparently Rants and Raves (and therefore me, Adam
Reuter)
is infringing on one of their patents. Their Digital Media Transmission
patent...which
basically states "the transmission and receipt of digital audio and/or
audio
video content via a variety of means including the internet, cable,
satellite,
and local area networks. Elements of the DMTŪ transmission
process include
a source material library, identification encoding process, format
conversion,
sequence encoding, compressed data storage, and transmission." Source That would make me a patent infringer dating back
to August
of 1998. I was a juvenile delinquent and didn't even know it! OH YEAH,
I
FEEL PROUD! So, the war is on. I want Acacia to file a lawsuit
against
me, Adam Michael Reuter. You know how to get in touch with me
(1-206-339-RARS).
Or if they try to get me to pay their shitty licensing fees like they
did
for porn sites, I'll shove the bill straight up their arseholes. If they get through my wrath (good luck), I then
want them
to file retroactive lawsuits against every single other webshow out
there.
Then I want them to file lawsuits against every Podcast that is listed
on
the following websites: Podcast
Alley dot com When they do this, they will make their gravest
mistake. Because
A. I'm poor. and B. I won't back down without a fight. I have about
$300
to my name and no group of assholes are going to get it. Not Paul R.
Ryan,
not Robert L. Harris II, and especially not Robert A. Berman...I heard
that
guy steals money from the Salvation Army Santas. Here are some links if you're interested in
reading up on these punks: Wikipedia Funny
thing is, if you've ever sent an JPEG or GIF image file to someone via
email,
you've violated their patent. Or if you've sent someone an MP3 file,
legal
or not! INFRINGER! CRIMINAL! HOW DARE YOU???? And after all, Rants and Raves has always needed a
tagline.
Indeed was old and not desciptive enough...this new one seems to suit
the
site just fine. MP3s from September have been deleted off the
server and knocked off the RSS feed. -Adam
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