Arts & Entertainment - Oct. 4, 2009
A Double Slump Buster
Saturday October 3rd, 2009 - Chicago, IL/Rockford, IL   Up and down, in and out, joy and pain, heaven and hell. That pretty much describes life in a nutshell. With me it’s been the last couple of days. I needed a slump buster to relieve some of the pain from this whole Giggles mes...
Tags: WGN, WLS, Billy Goat Tavern, WXRX, Jim McHugh, Steve Purcell

Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 2, 2009
Catch Up And Muster
Tuesday September 1st, 2009 - Chicago, IL/St. Charles, IL   Day after day after day after day I seem to be busy from sunup to late at night and I have no idea how I’m ever going to get everything caught up. It really amazes me how time has a way of vaporizing before my very eyes a...
Tags: Jerrys Kidders, Defending The Caveman, Vicki Quade, WLS, Pheasant Run Resort, Zanies

Arts & Entertainment - May 30, 2009
Tweaking Our Product
Saturday May 30th, 2009 - Chicago, IL   Slight change of plans today. I came back from the UFO Conference in Galena, IL to be live in studio with Jerry’s Kidders this morning on WGN. I could have done a phoner but it’s much better when we’re all in the studio and can s...
Tags: Roe Conn, WLS, WGN

Arts & Entertainment - May 10, 2009
Two Terrific Teams
Saturday May 9th, 2009 - Chicago, IL/Lake Forest, IL    There’s nothing like being part of a really good team. When I was a kid what few sports teams I did get to play on were all terrible. I played basketball in 7th and 8th grade and that was about it for a Caucasian under 6 feet...
Tags: Rolls Royce, WGN, WLS, Chicago Comedy All Stars

Arts & Entertainment - April 27, 2009
Radio Times Two
Sunday April 26th, 2009 - Chicago, IL/Kenosha, WI   All radio all day - and all night too. Just when I thought Jerry’s Kidders were history we were called upon once again to be on with Jerry Agar on WLS. Jerry has been filling in at the station from time to time and it fit his sch...
Tags: WLS, WLIP, Jerrys Kidders, Mothership Connection

Arts & Entertainment - March 29, 2009
Dance Fever
Friday March 27th, 2009 - St. Charles, IL OK, that’s more like it. Back on track for two very strong shows at Zanies tonight. This is a lot more of what I was expecting and even the late show was really cooking. I thought they were going to be a little rowdy but they settled in nic...
Tags: Harvest Restaurant, WLS, Zanies

Arts & Entertainment - March 24, 2009
Magnificent Monday Magic
Monday March 23rd, 2009 - Chicago, ILSome days everything works. Other days everything doesn’t. Today started one way and ended up the other. I woke up at 5:15am and was supposed to catch my train into Chicago at 5:26. I flew out of bed and dressed as fast as I could and started hauling ass...
Tags: WLS, Maura Myles, Wendy Snyder, Jerrys Kidders, John Pinette

Arts & Entertainment - Feb. 25, 2009
Reflecting On Radio
Tuesday February 24th, 2009 - Lake Villa, ILI wonder what would have happened if I’d focused on an actual radio career rather than drift around without a plan and see where I landed? I’ve made more than my share of big mistakes in life but one of the biggest was waffling between stand...
Tags: CMA Awards, Sarah Evans, LeAnn Womack, WLS, Keith Urban

Arts & Entertainment - Jan. 31, 2009
Jokey And The Bandit
Friday January 30th, 2009 - Milwaukee, WI/Chicago, ILI feel like a cross between a NASCAR driver and a trucker with all the hard miles I put on my car today between Milwaukee and Chicago. Lake Villa is right in the middle of the two cities and today I made the rounds and completed a full circuit....
Tags: WLS, Roe Conn, Jerry Agar, Zanies

Arts & Entertainment - Jan. 22, 2009
A Kidders Lunch
Wednesday January 21st, 2009 - Chicago, ILJerry’s Kidders got back together today and the only thing missing was a radio station on which to broadcast. It was still fun to get together though and we spent about two hours at a place called Kroll’s eating deep fried cheese curds and gre...
Tags: Jerrys Kidders, WLS, Kipper McGee

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 29, 2008
A Radiorgasm
Sunday December 28th, 2008 - Chicago, IL/Kenosha, WII just put in a sixteen hour day of solid hard work and didn’t get paid a penny for it. The funny part is I feel excited about it and would do it all over again tomorrow if I could. It’s amazing how doing something for fun can make u...
Tags: WLIP, WLS

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 17, 2008
Another Radio Misfire
Tuesday December 16th, 2008 - Lake Villa, ILThe only thing colder and nastier than the weather these days is the radio business. Just when I thought nothing could surprise me I got a call from Jerry Agar telling me our good friend Kipper McGee got fired as program director of WLS. It left me spee...
Tags: WLS, WYMG, Kipper McGee

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 10, 2008
Internet Radio Potential?
Tuesday December 9th, 2008 - Chicago, ILSnowy days have long lost their appeal and today was another one. Maybe I need to go sledding or something to appreciate it but at this time in my life the thrill is long gone. If it never snowed again I wouldn’t be upset but I’ll have to move i...
Tags: Marc Schultz, WLS

Arts & Entertainment - Nov. 28, 2008
Radio Redirection
Wednesday November 26th, 2008 - Chicago, IL Radio is a game of musical chairs. Everybody moves around from job to job and station to station and it’s very unpredictable. Today I had two scenarios develop I didn’t plan for and they happened at two different stations. One was ple...
Tags: WLS, Scott Markus

Arts & Entertainment - Nov. 14, 2008
Crab Legs And Kidders
Thursday November 13th, 2008 - St. Charles, ILThe end of an era. Maybe. Tonight was our one year anniversary as Jerry’s Kidders on WLS and we celebrated by doing a live show at Zanies in St. Charles, IL. It was also our farewell performance as Jerry is off the air and it doesn’t look ...
Tags: WLS, Jerrys Kidders, Ken Sevara, Tim Slagle, Mancow