So a buddy of mine leads me towards this great site called totallylookslike.com

He had this photo as his profile pic:

Needless to say, I nearly died laughing. So I checked out the site. Lots of hilarious pics. But then it occurred to me, why not do one for al the DJs on Kraze? Then I thought, you know, I don't want to offend anybody. So just in case, I decided to NOT do Claire or Rae. Girls can be scary. The guys might beat me up but the girls will no doubt have some sort of twisted, self-esteem destroying revenge that would be served cold. So nuts to that. Here goes. All of these are made with a tool that they have on the website. All you need is the pics on your hard drive. Pretty simple.

And hey if YOU have the guts to make one of Claire or Rae email quentin@kraze1013.com Heck if you have any funny ones at all, send em to me!

Today I happened upon a little internet blurb about rapper Nas and his "dire" financial situation. And quite frankly it made me sick.

Not only does Nas owe $200,000 in back child support to his estranged wife, Kelis, but he owes $3,365,671.26 in back taxes to the IRS. Celebrities owing money is no big news. But here's the kicker for me. The guy got paid $50,000 for playing at the Sundance Film Festival and blew it all before he even left town.

First off, how in your right mind can you go out and blow that kind of money when it could have went to raising your child? Secondly, how can you blow 50 grand in one weekend? I mean I'm sure he never went to the car dealership so I can only imagine just what frivilous crap he must of spent it on. Or worse yet, what kinds of beggars and hangers-on that comprise most rap entourages that he spent it on.

I'm a guy who's starting out in radio. I'm not trying to get a pity party on the go here but no one gets into radio to get rich. My wife and I are scraping together what kind coin we can to put a downpayment on a house that costs just a little more than what Nas owes in CHILD SUPPORT. I'm painfully aware of the discrepancies in income amongst the world's rich and the world's poor but Nas should be even more so. He's from the Brooklyn projects. I can virtually guarantee you that his parents had to work very hard to scrape together whatever they could to feed their family and keep a roof over their heads and that sometimes they went without so that little Nas could have a good breakfast.

Doesn't this stuff rub off on you? I mean so many rappers come from poor backgrounds but then you see these guys going out and buying $50,000 grills. Teeth decoration! You'd think that out of all people they would realize that money is tenuous and that there's no guarantee that you'll always have that pay cheque. But no, their reaction is the total opposite.

"I have money now! To prove to you that I do, I am going to spend it all not once thinking of what effect it might have on my children and in total disregard how hard my parents worked for years to earn even a small percentage of my current income."

My parents worked their fingers to the bone scraping together an income and raising five kids in outport Newfoundland. I have tremendous respect for what they did on so little. And it did rub off on me. I am careful with my money because I know that anything could happen to change my ability to make a living. Even if I won the lotto, I would never EVER blow my money in this fashion. Just think what you would have done with $50,000. Would you spend it on Cristal and grills?

No, I didn't think so.

Today my wife calls me with some exciting news... the paper work has gone through, she is offically, legally Mrs. Jocelyn Coish. She gets her license very soon and while I'm excited about that, I also pity her. She now has the most reliably mispronounced name on the entire planet.

C-O-I-S-H

You feel like pronouncing it COY-SH right? And no one can blame you. The inexpliciable unpronounced I is right there to screw up just about everyone who's never saw the name before. Maybe it's the Olde English way of spelling it, maybe it's an immigration papers screw up for the first Coish's to enter the New World, either way now she has to automatically spell her name after pronouncing it anytime someone has to write or type it. Every university and college teacher I ever had got it wrong. Every customer service rep automatically thinks I mean Kosh or Koch. It's no fun but I'm not used to it. And it's doubly bad for her as she goes from Carter, easily pronounced and spelled, to my freak show last name.

Oh well. After we get a house, we're going to bring some cursed Coish babies into the world to share in the inconvenience. Someone to shoulder the load. You're welcome son/daughter.

OK. I'm not a person who usually has a pet peeve. Pretty easy going guy this one. But one of my most disliked things in the entire world, aside from people who don't clear the timer after they open the microwave early, is the musical. They are annoying. A major plot point comes up and all of a sudden it's time for a choereographed musical number to explain why a character chose the brand of cereal he just bought. However, I've been exposed to a few musicals in the last little bit that are pretty funny and I have begun to realize that I like musicals... but only if they're funny or in an odd place.  Like Evolution the Musical. Or a supermarket. See the example below of a real supermarket and a group called Improv Everywhere. Enjoy.

As some of you may know, I'm a dyed in the blue and white, hardcore Leafs fan. ... I'll wait till the laughing subsides. ... And as you can imagine I'm pretty darn excited about the huge trades made yesterday. Somehow the GM that every hockey fan outside of TO seems to hate with a passion made huge splashes with two blockbuster trades in an era of the NHL when such trades are far from commonplace.

First, a trade that no one in their right mind can argue, Toskala and Blake to Anaheim for Giguere. Toskala and Blake are finally gone from TO and hardly anyone is sad to see them go. Toskala's struggles in TO are legendary. And Blake's underperforming contract is outta here. TO gets back a Stanley Cup winning goaltender for at least a year. Great for mentoring The Monster.

Second a trade that has people talking a lot in Alberta to say the least. Dion Phaneuf is a Toronto Maple Leaf. Believe me, I was shocked too. And while they had to give up solid blueliner Ian White and streaky scorer, Niklas Hagman, it was worth it to get one of the best blue liners in the league. Plus Stajan and Mayers are gone too. Plus Sjostrom and prospect Aulie come TO's way. Nothin wrong with that.

This season is pretty much a loss for the Leafs. They'll probably have to swallow the bitter pill of a top draft pick going to Boston. But the gutting of the franchise is well underway and things can only go up from here. It leaves me to wonder though just what is next up Burke's sleeve. A quality forward would be nice. It will be interesting to see what he does in that regard. And I also wonder what's goin on in Calgary. With this trade plus the possible Jokinen trade involving the Rangers, the Flames are making drastic changes. Changes I don't think anyone fully understands yet. There must be a method to this apparent madness.

In closing, GO LEAFS GO!

The Conan O'Brien hosted Tonight Show era is over. And it only lasted 7 months. This whole thing has been a hot button issue to say the very least. So many people have made it known that they do NOT support NBC's decision to remove Conan as the host of the Tonight Show and the amount of sheer, unadulterated hatred that's coming towards Jay Leno is staggering.

Conan, to me and many others, is a modern day folk hero. In the 90's Carson leaves, Jay steps in, Letterman jumps ship and here comes this gawky, nerdy, hilarious comedy writer to the slot after Leno. The first couple of seasons are panned by critics and the ratings show it. Conan actually gets cancelled for a brief period but he actually gets uncancelled shortly afterwards. Slowly but surely Conan starts to find his groove and he gets a respectable cult following that balloons into enough of a following that he is awarded the Tonight Show gig.

I was ecstatic to hear he was taking over the Tonight Show. I never liked Leno. He had the occasional funny segment but his whole schtick was dated and lame. Very 80's in terms of style. But what you feed middle america becomes the standard whether people with any actual taste likes it or not.

You combine this with the fact that Jay never actually left the NBC airwaves and was on for an hour before the late news... and Conan was doomed from the start. Imagine in 1992 Leno tkaes over the Tonight Show but Johnny Carson decides to stick around for The Johnny Carson Show just like Leno did to Conan. Leno was have bombed. He'd be in some comedy club in front of a brick wall in Allentown, Pennsylvania right now.

Conan's one of the few celebrities that I genuinely like. He's real. He's humble. His self-deprecating humor is something that I can certainly relate to. I've only been in the radio business for about 8 months. I've been very fortunate to start off on a hugely popular station in a great market like Red Deer. It's only a matter of time before you become a local quasi-celebrity. Every now and then, I'll get complimented on my work or people will be blown away that I get to work for Kraze. It's surreal. But I'm my own worst critic and the mentality that Conan brings to a talk show is similar to the mentality that I try to maintain with myself in both personal and professional life. I actually get uncomfortable with praise. I'm by far my own worst critic. And during my teens and early 20's Conan did a lot to instill that sense of humility that I sorely needed. Anyone who's reading this who knew me when I was 18-25 know full well what I'm talking about.

I'm not going to go into all of the evil things that Jay Leno has done to make this happen. Believe me, there's plenty of it out there on the internet. Just check out the "I'm With Coco" facebook group for just a snippet of all the venom out there directed towards Ye Olde Lantern Jaw.

What I do want to say is that Conan deserves all the good things that ever happened to him and none of the bad. This whole debacle has only increased his popularity and in 7 months time I am certain he will be on FOX with Andy Richter, Max Weinberg, La Bamba, the rest of the Max Weinberg 7, and hopefully, all of his trademark characters like the Masturbating Bear and Pimpbot. That is of course if all those characters aren't technically property of NBC. And if they are, you know the peacock ain't givin em up easy.

Here's to you Conan. You're 10 times the host of the Tonight Show that Leno was or ever will be. Your fans everywhere can't wait to see what you do next.

Ever since I was a kid I always had a knack for soaking up useless knowledge. Not useful, life skill knowledge like how to build a house. But I can tell you that the capital of Uruguay is Montevideo AND how to pronounce it properly. On January 27th, I'm going to try and put all the useless knowledge in my head to some good use. I'm going to take the online Jeopardy test.

Yesssss... THAT Jeopardy. Don't get me wrong. I'm no genius. I just watch Jeopardy a lot and I have been for years. I honestly don't think I have the jam to become a multi-show champion. I do however think that if the categories are right, (Bodies of Water, Mythology, World Capitals, Ancient History, Potpourri) I can squeak a victory and walk home with some of that cold, hard American cash... or at least a lovely parting gift.

The online test consists of 50 clues from various categories and 15 seconds to answer each one. I'm usually pretty good in these pressure situations. I've always preferred tests to major assignments. If I do qualify for this show, it won't be the first time. I once qualified for Canadian Who Wants To Be A Millionaire but never got picked to be on the show. One guy who did and actually got to play was some fellow who actually went to the same university as me. So close.

The big thing I'm looking forward to, if I did make it on the show, is meeting Canadian icon Alex Trebek. I really hope he's rockin the moustache. I won't be adverse to asking him if I can touch it. Or if he's not rocking it, at least the area above his upper lip. But that wouldn't be quite the same thrill... what? I'm not weird. You are.

Either way, wish me luck for January 27. It would be beyond sweet if I qualified. I would have an excuse to go to L. A. for a day or two. See if you do well enough on the online test you can go to the in-person interview where you'll be on a waiting list for 18 months. I think with my unique job title and strange bio details, I'd be a prime candidate for the show. Can't you just picture Johnny Gilbert saying, "A radio DJ, from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, Quentin Coish."? I can and hope he will do so some day.

For as long as I can remember I have been a huge fan of the Muppets. Jim Henson was a true genius. Not only are Seseame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock and plenty more great children's entertainment, but they are awesome for adults too. Tons of adult jokes sewn seamlessley into kids program makes it better than a show that doesn't even TRY to hold an adult's attention. I mean, how can one, as a parent, sit through Barney, The Teletubbies, or Caillou without wanting to go to their liquor cabinet? Earlier this week I discovered, much to my delight, that nearly all, if not all, of the original Muppet Show is available for you to watch on youtube. Awesome, if you're bored at work or at home and you need a good laugh, check it out. Waldorf and Statler alone are worth the watch.

Fake news, satire news if you will, has grown in popularity over the past decade. It all started in the mainstream with Saturday Night Live and Chevy Chase's Weekend Update; now hosted by Seth Myers. Canada has its own fake news program, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, as well as The Mercer Report. And how can you forget the unbelievable popularity, and somehow, influence of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert? These shows are actually doing a great job of informing the young population of their news stories. If it wasn't for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report seemingly anyone under the age of 25 would have no idea about current affairs.

But if all of these shows aren't enough for ya. If you need a fake news fix of the written variety, look no further than The Onion. Sometimes intellectual, sometimes crude, always funny. The Onion is perfect for when you have 10 minutes to kill before you leave work for the day and you've had enough of flash games on Facebook. There's always an article that'll pique your interest and/or tickle your funny bone. Everything from politics to entertainment to sports to opinion columns is on there. For example, as I write this some articles on their front page include

"Stumbling, Bumbling Sled Dog: 'Sorry This Is My First Iditarod'"

"Yankees Building New Vacation Stadium in The Hamptons"

"Evolution Going Great Reports Trilobite"

"We Interview A Hockey Goalie: Sure, Why The Hell Not"

And it goes on from there. You can even get your horoscope. And even though it's satirical, is just as accurate as any other horoscopes in legitimate newspapers. ... Cuz... ya know... horoscopes are BS.

Christmas often loses some of its magic as you get older. It comes and goes quicker. The presents change to more practical things like socks and underwear. But not for yours truly. Oh no. As a kid christmas was all about getting the latest video games. And as an adult... Christmas is all about getting the latest video games.

Earlier this year I managed to convince my wife that getting a PS3 is a great idea for us to spend our giftcards on. ... I know. I'm working on daily foot rubs. But now we have one along with a Wii, PS2, and even a old school NES system. And I think we have a Super Nintendo and N64 down in the basement in a box. So it ends up that Best Buy had an AMAZING sale on video games a couple weeks ago. Buy 2, Get 1 Free! So I sauntered over, tried to find that latest side-scrolling Mario game, with no luck. So my attention went to the shelves for alternate titles. NHL 10. No brainer. Little Big Planet. Jocelyn loves it so I have to get that one in order to make the systems not be all about me. And for the final one, I went down an amicable route. Silent Hill for Wii. She loved Silent Hill from back in the PS1 days and it looked pretty sweet so I got that too.

And now my Christmas holidays (the ones that I'm working through) are filled with the sounds of victory as I take on my buddies all over the world in online NHL games. Two games last night. A 3-2 victory for the Leafs over the Flyers and a 1-0 shutout victory for Jon Quick and the LA Kings over a very frustrated Buffalo Sabres. Take that Jordan on both accounts.

Maybe some year I'll get the initiative and buy a bunch of video game related Christmas ornaments and decorations. Maybe get Princess Peach in a angel costume on top of the tree. Either that or the invincibility star.

Ya know when you're a kid, things on TV seem so awesome and you don't care if you get the jokes or not. Sometimes though when you get older you watch a show and can't understand how you ever thought it was good. Liek He-Man for example. Watch a couple episodes recently and that show is terrible. A classic, but terrible. But sometimes when you watch stuff as you get older you get jokes that were totally over your head as a child. Well hats off to the creators and writers of this children's show. Clearly they got tired of writing for little kids on day and decided to have fun with double entendre. Follow the link below for pure hilarity.

The Kraze 101-3 Beatbox Studios is directly across from the Save-On-Foods on 67th St. here in Red Deer. It's the last place you expect to be a source of excitement or a blog entry. But yesterday, I witnessed something that was intiailly hilarious but soon became sad. It was a young "punk" getting arrested by the cops in the parking lot. Undoubtedly because he shoplifted some merchandise from Save-On. Whether it was a DVD or a can of Spam matters not. Shoplifting is low and pathetic and that goes triple for the Christmas season.

While it made me smile seeing the mounties get their man (I use that term loosely), it kinda depressed me. What kind of priorities are in your life when stealing is at the top of the list at Christmas? The time for giving, NOT TAKING. I don't know this guy's backstory. How could I? I only saw him through the window. Maybe he had awful parents. Maybe he's a cleptomaniac. Maybe he's struggling with addicition and steals to feed his habit. But as I watched his girlfriend look on as he was frisked, cuffed and thrown in the back of a cruiser, I could only think that this guy is just a selfish low-life. A guy who could be working the system every day of his life. And while I'm sure the girlfriend was in on the pilfering of merchandise, I also felt bad for her. Honey, you can do better. Both with boyfriends and with the choices you make in your personal life.

Seeing this kinda of negative air around the holidays made me also think of the unbelievable generosity we see this time of year. Especially in Central Alberta. Since moving to the area in May I have been absolutely floored by the outstanding generosity of this community. Whether it's Charity Checkstops, the Red Deer Food Bank, The MS Society, or any of the other charities supported around here, the efforts have always been Herculean. And I just got off the phone with a guy who was in the Tim's lineup today and the guy in front of him paid for his tab and drove off before the guy could thank him. See? That's what Christmas is all about. I hope your Christmas is happy, fun, and chock full of good karma.

This year marks the 29th Christmas for me. And the third for my wife and I and the first as a married couple. Now normally, we would be jettin off to Richmound, Saskatchewan to visit my mother-in-laws family. And I assure you, they're all great. Cept maybe Shawn Stadnyk. But this year we cannot go. I have to work. Something that we've known for a while. Because when you start out in the radio industry you work a lot of weekends and holidays. But we are looking forward to it quite a bit. It'll be just Jocelyn and I and no one else... cept maybe our neighbour who might drop by. We're not doing something lame though and getting take out. We're doin the full turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Not to mention a possible ham dinner the night before. Oh and wine. Lots and lots and lots of wine. But of course we are looking forward to the years when we can share our Christmas with a child. My wife is gettin antsy and that biological tick-tick-tick gets a lot louder as you get closer to 30. And that applies for this guy too. We really want to have kids and Christmas will regain the meaning it had when we were kids. Except for that Christmas where the best thing I got was a Jeopardy board game and had no friends smart enough to play it with. Happy Holidays!

There are so many things one could ask for Christmas. World peace, a loved one to be with them on Christmas morning, a go-go gadget doll, Rose McGowan, the list goes on. But the one thing that everyone needs and that everyone secretly needs is... a theme song. And I have the website that will do it for ya. A fellow by the name of Matthew Gehrett will, for a small "donation", write, perform and record your own personal theme song. According to the website, "Sometimes, you just need a theme song. A shanty to bellow as you enter a room or a ballad to croon as you leave it." And ain't it the truth? I mean seriously, we secretly envy professional wrestlers, boxers, and MMA fighters. I mean you have a theme. When someone thinks of you, bam they have a tune instantly stuck in their head. Personally I would love a cool bass line to follow me wherever I go. That would be so boss. The guy doing it is an aspiring recording artist and will use all his money to develop his personal recording studio. So hey, I'm all about young artist development. I think I'm going to have to hit up my wife for this... or just buy it myself anyway.

Best Business Idea Ever

Winter officially hits Dec.21 but as we all know, Mother Nature does not follow such strict guidelines. We had a wonderful November. It was quite warm, lots of sun, and hardly any rain. Nicest November I have ever seen. But here we are. Not one week into December and we got dumped on big time. I've seen bigger storms in my time. I am from Newfoundland after all. We get storms like this every other week. But the thing about Newfoundland winters is... more snow but a lot warmer temperatures. Up here it's absolutely frigid. This storm has mixed with the moisture already on the road and has created the worst road conditions I have ever seen in my life. I saw a cube van stuck in the snow on my way to work this morning. (Would have helped but I would have ben late. Sorry dude!) A cube van! How is my Aveo supposed to get through all this??? The main thoroughfares have been plowed. But the sides streets are like alpine skiing. It's time like this that I had the foresight to be Mr. Plow. That would be my name. That name again would be Mr. Plow. Yep. Definitely going to have to invest in an SUV in the coming years. Can't afford it yet. But someday.

On a side note, I love the sound of winter storms. I never sleep better than when I am snuggled up in warm blankets with my wife and Mother Nature is raging outside with her frigid fury. There's always an upside.