Lazlow
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Lazlow Jones, is an American
writer, producer, director and talk show host based in New York City. He was the host of Technofile
, a radio show syndicated on more than 100 radio stations in America and as well as Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The Technofile ran from February 1995 to July 2007.
He has also been involved in writing, producing, and doing voicework (as a version of himself) for the Grand Theft Auto
(GTA) series of video games, widening his influence and recognition far beyond that of a radio host. Lazlow also worked at an advertising agency as a writer and producer, along with writer Reed Tucker, (who is now his talk radio show's producer) on advertisements for a variety of consumer products.
(K-Rock) on Sundays 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time and is now heard on Sirius Satellite Radio
Channel 197 and XM 202 (the two channels are mirror broadcasts). The 23rd and final WXRK
(K-Rock) show was broadcast December 18, 2005. After the show stopped broadcasting on K-Rock, it moved to a non-regular schedule on XM 202, beginning on April 8, 2006 as part of the "Saturday Night Virus"; these shows are usually made available in downloadable form on Lazlow's website shortly after they air; while older episodes are removed from this website, due to bandwidth restrictions. However, all episodes ever produced, along with extras, are available for purchase in a "box set" on Lazlow's website. Each show is approximately three hours long, and airs live on Saturday nights, with a period between two weeks and four months between shows. Episode schedule available on the website. Lazlow's co-hosts continue to be the same from his show when it first aired on WXRK 92.3 FM: K-ROCK
in New York. They include his friends Reed Tucker; jokingly mocked as the 'useless producer'; along with "Big" Wayne, Lazlow's sidekick. As of January 2, 2010, The Lazlow Show no longer airs on satellite radio. Lazlow and crew were dissatisfied by Sirius' treatment of the show after Sirius took over XM. The show currently broadcasts live on the internet on an irregular schedule.
(2001) was Lazlow’s first appearance in the game in which he produced, scripted and hosted the popular Chatterbox FM radio station. He co-wrote all of the radio stations with Dan Houser
and Sam Houser
of Rockstar Games
. He is mentioned in the MC Hawking
song "GTA3" (about the video game) with the line "Sometimes I sit in my car and just listen to Lazlow. Rock the Chatterbox with the serious flow."
. Rockstar Games hired Lazlow's production company Radio Lazlow to co-write and produce all the radio stations in Vice City as well as minor character and bystander scripting. He was also the host of Vice City radio station V-Rock.
, Lazlow also co-wrote and produced all of the in-game radio, as well as hosting Entertaining America on WCTR after the original host Billy Dexter was killed by game character Jack Howitzer on air.
s rendition of the Chatterbox radio show, although in a much smaller role as the in-game chronology has Chatterbox as merely a show on a channel, not an entire channel on its own.
, as an intern at V-Rock working for his real life friend, Couzin Ed
. Earlier in Lazlow's and Couzin Ed's real life radio careers, Lazlow was the sidekick of Couzin Ed.
. Integrity's sole program consists of Lazlow's on-site reporting from around Liberty City. The content of this show is noticeably more profane than previous installments, with the character Lazlow's justification being that he's "fed up with the system." Lazlow also provides the ZiT! service, where listeners can request the artist and title of the song currently playing on the radio. Lazlow is also credited among others for creating the conversations of pedestrians in Liberty City. He has a fictional in-game criminal record as it can be seen in the Liberty City Police Department database.
magazine, and is a regular guest on the Opie and Anthony
and Ron and Fez
shows on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Lazlow is also affiliated with 2600
, having appeared on their Off the Hook radio show, in their movie Freedom Downtime
, and as a panelist and staffer at several of the H.O.P.E.
conferences. Lazlow has arranged voice cameos in the GTA games for several key figures from the magazine, including Emmanuel Goldstein, Bernie S., and Kevin Mitnick
.
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writer, producer, director and talk show host based in New York City. He was the host of Technofile
Technofile
The Technofile was a daily radio show written and produced by talk show host Lazlow. It aired for over 12 years in the United States and several stations overseas and was on over 100 radio stations. The Technofile was only sixty seconds long, and usually covered a story surrounding a new type of...
, a radio show syndicated on more than 100 radio stations in America and as well as Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The Technofile ran from February 1995 to July 2007.
He has also been involved in writing, producing, and doing voicework (as a version of himself) for the Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto (series)
Grand Theft Auto is a multi-award-winning British video game series created in the United Kingdom by Dave Jones, then later by brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke. It is primarily developed by Edinburgh based Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games...
(GTA) series of video games, widening his influence and recognition far beyond that of a radio host. Lazlow also worked at an advertising agency as a writer and producer, along with writer Reed Tucker, (who is now his talk radio show's producer) on advertisements for a variety of consumer products.
The Lazlow Show
Lazlow hosts The Lazlow Show, which aired on the former WXRKWFNY-FM
WXRK , known on-air as "92.3 Now", is a radio station in New York City. Owned by CBS Radio, WXRK broadcasts a Contemporary Hit Radio format with a rhythmic lean...
(K-Rock) on Sundays 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time and is now heard on Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
Channel 197 and XM 202 (the two channels are mirror broadcasts). The 23rd and final WXRK
WFNY-FM
WXRK , known on-air as "92.3 Now", is a radio station in New York City. Owned by CBS Radio, WXRK broadcasts a Contemporary Hit Radio format with a rhythmic lean...
(K-Rock) show was broadcast December 18, 2005. After the show stopped broadcasting on K-Rock, it moved to a non-regular schedule on XM 202, beginning on April 8, 2006 as part of the "Saturday Night Virus"; these shows are usually made available in downloadable form on Lazlow's website shortly after they air; while older episodes are removed from this website, due to bandwidth restrictions. However, all episodes ever produced, along with extras, are available for purchase in a "box set" on Lazlow's website. Each show is approximately three hours long, and airs live on Saturday nights, with a period between two weeks and four months between shows. Episode schedule available on the website. Lazlow's co-hosts continue to be the same from his show when it first aired on WXRK 92.3 FM: K-ROCK
K-Rock
K-Rock is a common radio brand, generally carried by radio stations airing a modern rock format. CBS Radio has owned the K-Rock brand in the United States since 1986. Then known as Infinity Broadcasting, CBS acquired the K-Rock brand after purchasing noted Los Angeles rock station KROQ-FM , its...
in New York. They include his friends Reed Tucker; jokingly mocked as the 'useless producer'; along with "Big" Wayne, Lazlow's sidekick. As of January 2, 2010, The Lazlow Show no longer airs on satellite radio. Lazlow and crew were dissatisfied by Sirius' treatment of the show after Sirius took over XM. The show currently broadcasts live on the internet on an irregular schedule.
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto IIIGrand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III is a 2001 open world action computer and video game developed by DMA Design in the United Kingdom, and published by Rockstar Games. It is the first 3D title in the Grand Theft Auto series. It was released in October 2001 for the PlayStation 2, May 2002 for Microsoft Windows,...
(2001) was Lazlow’s first appearance in the game in which he produced, scripted and hosted the popular Chatterbox FM radio station. He co-wrote all of the radio stations with Dan Houser
Dan Houser
Dan Houser is an English video game producer and vice president of creativity for Rockstar Games...
and Sam Houser
Sam Houser
Sam Houser is an English video game producer and developer. He is the co-founder and president of Rockstar Games and one of the creative driving forces behind the games in the Grand Theft Auto-franchise, being director and producer since the third game...
of Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A...
. He is mentioned in the MC Hawking
MC Hawking
Ken Lawrence is a nerdcore hip hop artist who purports to be theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking rapping under the name MC Hawking.MC Hawking gained some popularity on the Internet in the early 2000s...
song "GTA3" (about the video game) with the line "Sometimes I sit in my car and just listen to Lazlow. Rock the Chatterbox with the serious flow."
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
After great success Lazlow took a larger role in Grand Theft Auto: Vice CityGrand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
. Rockstar Games hired Lazlow's production company Radio Lazlow to co-write and produce all the radio stations in Vice City as well as minor character and bystander scripting. He was also the host of Vice City radio station V-Rock.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
In Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
, Lazlow also co-wrote and produced all of the in-game radio, as well as hosting Entertaining America on WCTR after the original host Billy Dexter was killed by game character Jack Howitzer on air.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Lazlow "returned" as host of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City StoriesGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is a 2005 sandbox-style action video game developed by Rockstar North and Rockstar Leeds. It is the ninth game in the Grand Theft Auto series...
s rendition of the Chatterbox radio show, although in a much smaller role as the in-game chronology has Chatterbox as merely a show on a channel, not an entire channel on its own.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Lazlow "returned" in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City StoriesGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is a 2006 sandbox-style action video game developed by Rockstar Leeds in association with Rockstar North. It was published by Rockstar Games for the PlayStation Portable in late 2006 and later for the PlayStation 2 in March 2007. The game is the eighth...
, as an intern at V-Rock working for his real life friend, Couzin Ed
Couzin Ed
Couzin Ed is a bar manager and former radio disc jockey who resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2002 he received a Billboard/Airplay Monitor Radio Award as local air personality of the year at a mainstream rock station.-Career:...
. Earlier in Lazlow's and Couzin Ed's real life radio careers, Lazlow was the sidekick of Couzin Ed.
Grand Theft Auto IV
Lazlow is the host of radio station Integrity 2.0 in Grand Theft Auto IVGrand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
. Integrity's sole program consists of Lazlow's on-site reporting from around Liberty City. The content of this show is noticeably more profane than previous installments, with the character Lazlow's justification being that he's "fed up with the system." Lazlow also provides the ZiT! service, where listeners can request the artist and title of the song currently playing on the radio. Lazlow is also credited among others for creating the conversations of pedestrians in Liberty City. He has a fictional in-game criminal record as it can be seen in the Liberty City Police Department database.
Other projects
He has also written articles for PlayboyPlayboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
magazine, and is a regular guest on the Opie and Anthony
Opie and Anthony
Opie and Anthony are the hosts of The Opie & Anthony Show, a talk radio program airing in the United States and Canada on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. Since the merger of the two satellite companies, this is now called Sirius/XM...
and Ron and Fez
Ron and Fez
The Ron and Fez Show is an American radio talk show hosted by Ron Bennington and Fez "Marie" Whatley.After long popular runs in Tampa, Florida, New York City, and Washington, D.C., Ron and Fez are now heard on Sirius XM Radio's the Opie and Anthony Channel, located on XM channel 105, and Sirius...
shows on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Lazlow is also affiliated with 2600
2600: The Hacker Quarterly
2600: The Hacker Quarterly is an American publication that specializes in publishing technical information on a variety of subjects including telephone switching systems, Internet protocols and services, as well as general news concerning the computer "underground" and left wing, and sometimes ,...
, having appeared on their Off the Hook radio show, in their movie Freedom Downtime
Freedom Downtime
Freedom Downtime is a 2001 documentary film sympathetic to the convicted computer hacker Kevin Mitnick, directed by Emmanuel Goldstein and produced by 2600 Films....
, and as a panelist and staffer at several of the H.O.P.E.
H.O.P.E.
HOPE is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. Held biennially in the summer, there have been eight conferences to date with the next scheduled for 13 - 15 July 2012.- HOPE: Hackers On...
conferences. Lazlow has arranged voice cameos in the GTA games for several key figures from the magazine, including Emmanuel Goldstein, Bernie S., and Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick
Kevin David Mitnick is a computer security consultant, author, and hacker. In the late 20th century, he was convicted of various computer- and communications-related crimes. At the time of his arrest, he was the most-wanted computer criminal in the United States.-Personal life:Mitnick grew up in...
.
Discography
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Official Soundtrack Box SetGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Official Soundtrack Box SetThe official and complete collection of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack was released internationally on October 29, 2002.In addition to the box set each soundtrack available in the collection can be purchased individually...
Volume 1: V Rock (2002) - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official SoundtrackGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official SoundtrackGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2004 action video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It was released as a three-disc album on November 23, 2004 through Interscope Records. The first two discs featured the songs for the soundtrack and the third disc is a...
(2004) - The Lazlow Show: Box Set (2008)
See also
- Grand Theft Auto III soundtrackGrand Theft Auto III soundtrackThe soundtrack of the game Grand Theft Auto III has found popularity outside the game's fanbase. In the game, music is played on various "radio stations" which the player can listen to after a car has been acquired. Most radio stations play a mixture of music, DJ chat, and spoof advertising...
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrackGrand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrackThe soundtrack to the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City consists of music played on the various in-game radio stations the player can tune into after entering most types of cars and motorcycles, but it has also been released in a box set of seven separate CDs , with the European editions...
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrackGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrackThe soundtrack of the computer and video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which is set in 1992 in the fictional U.S. West Coast state of San Andreas, required that the game's radio stations reflect the music tastes of the time and area, in addition to covering current events in the state of San...
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories soundtrackGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories soundtrackThe soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories comprises radio stations that broadcast music and information to Liberty City, circa 1998. The only time a player can hear the radio is when the protagonist acquires a car...
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories soundtrackGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories soundtrackThe soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is presented as a series of radio stations that broadcast music and information to Vice City, circa 1984. Most of these stations are also featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; however, as Vice City is set two years later, there...
- Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrackGrand Theft Auto IV soundtrackThe soundtrack to the game Grand Theft Auto IV, like the previous games in the series, is mostly made up of in-game radio stations. These radio stations can be listened to when driving various vehicles in the game, or at the start menu...
External links
- Official site
- Podcast of the latest Lazlow Show (mp3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
format)