Jaxon's Blog

Hermit Crab Rave

jaxon@wmmr.com (Jaxon) — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:57:43 GMT

Ever wonder what hermit crabs do for fun? Every summer, the hermit crabs migrate to dry land where they trip face to techno music. Watch the hermit crabs rave and trip face live, twenty-four hours a day at hermitcrabrave.com. Hermit Crab Rave - watch more funny videos Brought to you by Philly based comedy group Secret Pants. www.secretpants.net.

The Food Phight 5K - TONIGHT in West Chester!

jaxon@wmmr.com (Jaxon) — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:39:12 GMT

Kristen and I met a great couple in Dublin over St. Patty's Day. Suzanne and Steve Harris (you may have heard them on the air with us). After we returned home, we got an e-mail from Suzanne about a disease that their two sons suffer from called Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), and a walk that CHOP is putting on to raise awareness and funds for the disease. Markus talked with Steve and Suzanne and their two boys, along with a doctor from CHOP, and featured info on the 5K on his Public Affairs show (Sunday mornings on MMR). You can hear the entire interview HERE. Basically, the disease affects an estimated one in a thousand kids and is a disease caused by food. Not just certain types of food, but almost all of it, to where some kids have to live on formula or use a feeding tube. The cost of this formula for the ...

The Jackson Rider Showcase is TONIGHT!

jaxon@wmmr.com (Jaxon) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:23:46 GMT

Your WMMR Local Shots Artist of the Month for April is The Jackson Rider. We've been playing music from the band all month, and tonight is your opportunity to get out and see them live! They will be playing their WMMR Showcase at the Legendary Dobbs on South St. TONIGHT (Wed. April 18th). Come out and see them perform. They've got a fun, sort of reggae vibe and are sure to put on an awesome show. Kristen will be hosting! See you there! Doors at 7:30pm, Jackson Rider at 11pm. More on The Jackson Rider HERE.

We've got a Lead Singer!

jaxon@wmmr.com (Jaxon) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:31:18 GMT

Jaxon's Building the Band is complete! The band is built! :) Meet all of the Local Shots All-Stars HERE, and check out their new lead singer, Kevin Showmaker below. There's a ton of talent in this band. Thanks for voting! Don't miss them when they open up the MMRBQ - Sunday, May 20th at the Susquehanna Bank Center. Tickets still available HERE. See ya there!

Inside Halestorm: The Strange Case Of…Hosted by Jaxon

jaxon@wmmr.com (Jaxon) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:42:14 GMT

How to Make an Authentic Irish Coffee

kristen@wmmr.com (Kristen) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:28:37 GMT

So as you know, Jaxon and I just returned from Dublin, Ireland. We had the trip of a lifetime over St. Patrick's Day (courtesy of Jameson Irish Whiskey). We broadcast live Friday and Saturday from the old Jameson Distillery and basically ate and drank every other waking second of the trip. It was awesome. During one of the broadcasts, Jaxon interviewed a bartender at the Jameson Distillery who makes REALLY great Irish coffee. He gave us the recipe on the air and we've received a bunch of listener e-mails since, asking us for the recipe. So here it is! Listen to the interview to the right of the page for instructions from the bartender himself, or see below for my best translation: Jameson Irish Coffee 1.) Preheat your Irish coffee glass. 2.) Add two teaspoons of brown sugar to the glass. 3.) Add a generous shot of Jameson. 4.) Top ...

Help WMMR win the Jameson Toastmaster competition!

jaxon@wmmr.com (Jaxon) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:34:27 GMT

We need all the votes we can get! Vote for WMMR's St. Patty's Irish Toast HERE. Jaxon and I are headed to Ireland for St. Patrick's Day this year, courtesy of Jameson. We leave tonight, and we are SUPER excited! They're gonna let us check out the Jameson distillery, tour all over Dublin and hopefully drink a lot of Irish whiskey. It's not such a bad gig. We need your help with a contest called the Toastmaster Competition, where basically... we have to come up with a great Irish toast! After a bunch of really awesome submissions, thanks to WMMR listener Ed Tognucci for submitting the winning WMMR toast! His toast has been submitted to Jameson to represent WMMR in their world-wide Toastmaster competition. Here it is: Search the land, both near and far, You'll find the best is MMR. With Jameson inside your cup, Let's toast to greatness....BOTTOMS UP! PLEASE VOTE FOR THE WMMR TOAST HERE. Feel ...

Dollar Shave Club

jaxon@wmmr.com (Jaxon) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:11:05 GMT

I don't know about you, but I'm joining the Dollar Shave Club.

Help us with a St. Patrick's Day Irish toast!

kristen@wmmr.com (Kristen) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:29:35 GMT

Jaxon and I are headed to Ireland for St. Patrick's Day this year, courtesy of Jameson. They're gonna let us check out the Jameson distillery, tour all over Dublin and hopefully drink a lot of Irish whiskey. It's not such a bad gig. We do need your help though. They're having a contest called the Toastmaster Competition, where basically... we have to come up with a great Irish toast! They have a few requirements:The toast must rhyme (think limericks) and must include Jameson and tie in WMMR (or 93.3 or Philly). It can be up to 5 lines long and will be judged based on the following criteria: Originality, humor, how the toast best represents Jameson, overall appeal, and quality of rhyme. Oh, and it unfortunately can't be inappropriate or have bad language. Submit your favorite from one of mine (below), or better yet...we would love to hear your suggestions! Submit your toasts HERE by March 7th, 11:59pm. The winning toast ...

Jaxon Talks to Lars Ulrich of Metallica

jaxon@wmmr.com (Jaxon) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:40:30 GMT

Jaxon had a chance to chat with Lars Ulrich about Metallica's new music festival, The Orion Music + More Festival. The festival takes place June 23-24 at Bader Field in Atlantic City. Find more info and buy tickets to the festival HERE. It will feature a variety of different bands (about 2 dozen!), two nights of live Metallica, activities and more. The best part is that Metallica will be playing The Black Album in its entirety the first night and Ride the Lightning on night two. Hear as Lars talks up the festival, gives an update on their studio follow-up to Death Magnetic, and even delves into the 'beautiful disaster' that was LuLu - Metallica's collaboration with Lou Reed. Enjoy!