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ROBERT JAMES BLOG

"Sum-Sum-Summertime!"
Summer is definately here along the Mississippi gulf coast... and all eyes are on the south Atlantic whenever there is mention of a storm. Hurricane "Bertha" has been downgraded to a tropical storm. Just this week tropical storm "Elida"
strengthened into a Hurricane south of the Baja penninsula on the west coast of Mexico. You can still pick up your 2008 hurricane tracking map at the GO FM studios, or when you see us out and about on location with the GO-mobile!!

Hope you found a great place to watch the fireworks over the long 4th of July weekend! I was manning the BAR-B-Q (I didn't burn anything this year, and I still have all of my fingers and toes!).

As for live music on the Mississippi Gulf Coast... the summer is just getting started! Def Leppard with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts August 3rd at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum!!! Lat time I saw Def Lep must have been around 1994 or '95, when they played the coliseum with Ugly Kid Joe (remember those guys? they had a minor hit with thier version of "Cats in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin). I've been a fan of Joan Jett since I first heard "I Love Rock-N-Roll", and if you go back even further to her days with the 70's girl-group The Runaways... How can you not be a Joan Jett fan!?! Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb!

Thanks for waking up with your Morning Show on the GO!
If you keep listening, we'll keep talking.
-R.J.

Monday June 23, 2008

It was a long roadtrippin' weekend for me... quick drive to Atlanta on Saturday, came back last night.
Why is every damn street in that city called Peachtree-something?!? I know that Georgians are proud of thier peaches, but c'mon!
Gas prices make that trip a little more expensive these days... right around $200.00 on fuel alone.
If you want to save some cash on gas join 105.9 GOFM, and other area radio stations, for THE 20th ANNUAL RADIO FOR RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE...
Tuesday June 24th noon to 7pm in Edgewater Mall, Biloxi.
Wednesday June 25th noon to 7pm in the Cypress Ballroom at Hollywood Casino, Bay St. Louis.
Thursday June 26th noon to 7pm in the gym at MS Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier.

All blood donors are automatically entered to win a $750.00 gas-card and other prizes includeing a 4-day Carribean Cruise for 2!!!

Me and Cruise will be hanging out from 5 to 7pm at the Hollywood Casino blood-drive on Wednesday evening... rock-n-roll-up-your-sleeve and give the gift of life this week with the 20th ANNUAL RADIO FOR RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE.

-RJ

My favorite movie candy is Sour Patch Kids!

I went to the movie theater last night to see THE HAPPENING, the new flick from the guy who brought you THE SIXTH SENSE, SIGNS, and THE VILLAGE. Writer, Director, Producer M. Night Shyamalan guides the viewer through an isolated east-coast event which leaves bodies in its path. The movie is suspenseful, and thought provoking (and funny at times), but Shyamalan is not as concerned with the twisted endings he has been known for in his previous blockbusters. THE HAPPENING ends very vague and ominously. I suggest waiting for it on DVD (unless you are a huge fan of the Director).
If you ever have a movie review you would like to share with us during the Morning Show on the GO, please feel free to call us with a thumbs up or thumbs down on the new releases. 435-1059 or 826-1059.
We recap the weekend box office results around 7:40 every monday morning, and let you know about the most recent DVD releases at 7:40 tuesday mornings.
THE INCREDIBLE HULK brought in the green and captured the top spot at the theaters over the weekend, and the Jack Black, Mos Def video store comedy BE KIND, REWIND is available on DVD today.

Happy movie-watching!
-R.J.

"Its too darn hot." -Ella Fitzgerald
Well, did you throw-up riding the rides at the Coast Coliseum Summer Fair? In the future make sure you eat after you ride.
The Summer Fair continues through the 15th... enjoy it while it lasts.
This coming weekend is the Jubillee Jam in Jackson... I went last year and had a blast with the Black Crowes playing, the great arts, crafts, and the food! This year ZZ Top headline Friday night & the psycho-gospel-pedal-steel-sounds of the Robert Randolph Band on Saturday ! I highly recommend the Jub-Jam... blocking off the streets in downtown Jackson, MS and putting on a huge street party... although you still have to pay for the gas to get there and back.

The woes at the pump continue... regular gasoline hit a nationwide average of $4.00 per gallon!
Of course we know this effects the price to ship goods, especially food, as we see grocery prices increase.
105.9 GO FM to the rescue! Sign up for the GO FM LISTENERS CLUB, and you are automatically entered into the GO FM GROCERY CLUB FREE MONEY GIVEAWAY! Listen for your name to be called out over the radio, when you hear it you have 10 minutes and 59 seconds to call us back (435-1059 or 826-1059) and score $100.00 to put towards your grocery bill! The more you listen the better your chances! We will call out several names each day... could happen at any time.

Thanks for letting us wake you up from 6 to 9am Monday thru Friday!
We promise to keep the music flowing on 105.9 GO FM!
-R.J.

Robert & the WWE's MVP

Summer is Here!
Summer is definately heating up along the Mississippi gulf coast with SUMMER FAIR 2008 happening at the Coast Coliseum through June 15th. Keep listening to 105.9 GO FM for more chances to win ALL YOU CAN RIDE arm-bands & FREE ADMISSION TICKETS to the Fair.
Next weekend its The JUBILEE JAM June 13th & 14th in Jackson! and we have more weekend passes to check out the arts, the crafts, the food, and all the great live entertainment... featuring ZZ TOP next Friday night!
Plus GO FM continues to rescue listener club members from the high cost of food with the GO FM GROCERY CLUB. Just take a couple of minutes to sign up here at the website and then listen for your name to be called out over the airwaves of 105.9 GO FM, you then have 10 minutes and 59 seconds to call in and claim your prize 435-1059 or 826-1059.
So, we'll talk again on Monday! Me and Kevin Cruise waking you up with your Morning Show on the GO, 6 to 9am.

Have a great weekend, enjoy the weather, and stay hydrated!!
-R.J.

1st week of June 2008

Well, Summer is here! Its HOT! (and its only going to get hotter)...
Especially with all the great live music coming to the area!
Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks plays the Hard Rock in Biloxi this Thursday night (6/5)... Kevin and I will be interviewing the Rock N Roll Diva bright and early Thursday morning around 8:00am.
We still have tickets to give away this week for The Jubilee Jam in Jackson June 13th & 14th, featuring ZZ TOP!!
Plus another Rock N Roll Diva Pat Benatar plays the Hard Rock July 4th & 5th!! (check out the concert calendar for more upcoming shows).
We started the GO FM Grocery Club Free Money Give-away on Monday... $100.00 up for grabs! Listen to win! If you hear your name called, you have 10 minutes and 59 seconds to call in and win (435-1059 or 826-1059). If you haven't already signed up for the GO FM Listeners Club... Do it now... right here on the website! Its safe and secure and it could snag you $100.00!!

We'll talk again tomorrow morning... same GO FM time, same GO FM station... 105.9!!!

This weekend I am making a point of slowing down and enjoying the moment, taking the time to be mystified by the simple things in life... a very good friend of mine recently told me, "its the little things in life that really matter."
So, I will be chasing dragonflies and watching red-winged blackbirds fly across the back-bay and just living the fairy tale that is life.

If you would like seafood & steak in your fairy tale this weekend join me from 2 until 4pm at Dempsy's Seafood & Steak Restaurant in Waveland... 105.9 GO FM broadcasting live with giveaways and registering you to win tickets to the Jubilee Jam in Jackson, MS June 13th & 14th featuring ZZ Top on the 13th!! You have got to try the mouthwatering menu at Dempsy's... see you Sunday (6/1/08).

The Blessing Of The Fleet happens this weekend as well, Kevin Cruise will be broadcasting live from the Biloxi town green Saturday (5/31/08). Live music, arts & crafts, and of course delicious gulf coast seafood!!

Monday morning we're back on the air from 6 to 9am and we will start calling out 1059gofm.com listener club member names, if you hear your name, you have 10 minutes and 59 seconds to call us back (435-1059 or 826-1059) and win $100.00!! That will put some groceries in your cart... its the 105.9 GO FM Grocery Club!! Plus the usual assortment of morning mayhem that just seems to happen whenever Cruise and I get on the microphones.
Have a great weekend!!
-R.J.

GO to the grocery-store on us !!!!!

I hope everyone had a relaxing, barbecue-filled, Memorial Day Weekend!

Yes! Starting Monday June 2nd 105.9 GO FM will begin the free grocery-money give-a-way!!
Register to win by joining the GO FM Listeners Club at 1059gofm.com... then listen for your name to be called on the air, and win! $100.00 dollars to put towards your groceries... how do ya like them apples!?!

The "Secret Sound" continues to confound the coast, however it is also putting money in the pockets of local listeners from Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula. Every weekday morning at 7:20 we play the secret sound, caller #9 gets to guess. If guessed correctly it means easy-money!!

Some great concerts coming up! Including Stevie Nicks at the Hard Rock Live on June 5th. ZZ Top headline the first night of the Jubilee Jam in Jackson June 13th & 14th. I'll be there! Last years Jam was amazing! The Black Crowes headlined.

Listen for more FREE TICKETS soon on 105.9 GO FM!!!!!

-R.J.

Monday, May 19, 2008
Happy Monday! Well we started the week off with another tricky "secret sound". You can try and guess the secret sound every weekday morning at 7:20... just be caller #9 when we play the secret sound for $105.00 (the jackpot grows by another $105.00 every day the sound is not guessed correctly).

We also have Jubilee Jam tickets up for grabs all week!! The Jubilee Jam takes over downtown Jackson, Mississippi June 13th & 14th with arts, crafts, food, and bands like the newly reformed Blind Melon, George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars, and ZZ Top.

Thanks for spending the week with 105.9 GO FM!

-Robert J.

FRIDAY-May 16th, 2008

Well, this week we had some tricky "SECRET SOUNDS"... congratulations to Susan Alestra of D'Iberville for correctly guessing, "a briefcase opening or closing" and picking up $315.00 (three days without a correct guess)!!!

We also gave away "Win 'em Before You Buy 'em DEF LEPPARD concert tickets" all week long. Starting with 5th row tickets on monday, and FRONT ROW tickets friday morning!!
GO FM proud to welcome Def Leppard with special guests Joan Jett & The Blackhearts to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on August 3rd.

C'mon out and join me from 4 to 6pm this afternoon at the AT&T store on Bienville Blvd. in Ocean Springs! Get some great deals on some great phones and services, plus Memorial Day weekend give-aways, and free stuff from the GO FM prize stash today (5/16).

Get your jokes together for another "Joke & Talent Friday". If you can get your punchline out before Kevin steals it... you choose something from the Morning Show prize-stash!
monday its a new "SECRET SOUND" worth $105.00! Plus, "R-U-Smarter Than A DJ" returns on monday along with all the great songs you grew up with, and the usual assortment of morning mayhem that goes along with YOUR MORNING SHOW ON THE GO!

Have a great weekend... remember Bridgefest tommorrow in Bay St. Louis!
-Robert