Chuck Palahniuk Interview

I interviewed Chuck Palahniuk when he came through to promote the Choke movie.

This is the interview.

Well, most of the interview.

The sticker on the left side of his head is his "Visitor" sticker that people have to wear when they enter our building.

Wing Bowl Pictures From Jeff

Thanks to WYSP Program Director for taking some shots from Wingbowl.

Thanks to Jeff for actually stepping foot in that place.

He stinks of beer, wings and sin.

One of these days, I'm going to channel my old fat self and win Wingbowl.

Congrats To Jerome Allen

When I was a freshman at the Episcopal Academy, I was, like all other freshmen, assigned a "Senior Buddy." Mine was Jerome Allen, who was a star guard for the basketball team.

I only talked to Jerome a few times that year, but he was always cool, and I ended up being friends with Jerome's cousin Sam for my four years of high school.

I continued to follow Jerome as he played at the University Of Pennsylvania, and along with Matt Maloney and Eric Moore, led the best Penn team I've ever seen play.

I remember being with his family as he was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jerome went on to play for a few more NBA teams, as well as France and Italy

Jerome will be inducted this year into the Big 5 Hall Of Fame, and deserves every bit of it. A great player, with a ridiculous crossover, and a great dude.




Good work!

Happy Thorogood Thursday!

A celebration of Thorogood Thursday.

Every Thursday until the show on March 21st.

Remember This? Danzig Gets His Ass Beat

I was talking about this on the air today.

Danzig, getting his ass beat.

Van Halen Asteroids

Thank you to Bram for this one.

Enjoy.

Don't say I've never done anything for you.

Van Halen Asteroids

Well... My iPod Has Some Cool Bootlegs

A dude who bought a cheap MP3 player from a thrift store, connected it to his computer and found some government military secrets!

Sorry, I can't get it to embed. Here's the link:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/01/27/lavandera.nz.mp3.cnn

See kids, this is why you have to make sure you have a number and a symbol in all of your passwords. When you don't, all of your secret government files end up on cheap MP3 players. And then you'll have less room for the entire Metallica library you wanted to upload on there.

On another note, boy do I feel unsafe today. Whew. No public transportation or large crowds until tomorrow.

Doc Gooden Says "LIAR!"

From ESPN.COM...

David Justice and Dwight Gooden denied allegations made by former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski during an exclusive interview with "Outside the Lines" on Sunday. Radomski told ESPN that Justice lied about knowing him and purchasing performance-enhancing drugs from him and said he twice took urine tests for Gooden in the 1990s.

HAHA... Gooden's quote must have been, "Steroids. Fuck no. I did COKE. Don't you remember, I did TONS and TONS of coke. Now I know that had some effect on how I played, but people now are only concerned with steroids. I mean, it's true, I was OUT OF MY FUCKIN' MIND on coke, no steroids though."

Farewell Shirt Corner

I started working at WYSP when I was 20 years old. I'm 32 now, so I've been coming to work in Old City Philadelphia for a long time. The area has changed a lot since I got here.

One thing has stayed the same.

Shirt Corner has stayed the same.










If you needed a 6 button green or purple suit for $89, and some fake snakeskin shoes, Shirt Corner was the place you needed to go. You could also get a black silk collarless shirt to go along with it.

Shirt Corner closes its doors today, and we are a worse city for it.

Bon Jovi Video Featuring Some Dude's Ex-Girlfriend

So a dude just called and said his best 80's memory was dating a girl who was in a Bon Jovi video.

He said the video was filmed in Seaside Heights, which means it's the one for "In And Out Of Love."

His girl, according to his drescription, appears at 1:04 and 2:34.

A special "thumbs down" for Richie Sambora's white overalls with no shirt underneath. No way brother. Not on my watch. Not even in the 80's.

Guitar Hero Metallica Track List

Starting March 29th, when Guitar Hero Metallica comes out, you can pretty much count me out of anything involved with life for about a week.

Here's the tracklist, according to the INTERNET. And everything on the internet is accurate.

Metallica Songs

All Nightmare Long
Battery
Creeping Death
Disposable Heroes
Dyers Eve
Enter Sandman
Fade To Black
Fight Fire With Fire
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Frantic
Fuel
Hit The Lights
King Nothing
Master of Puppets
Mercyful Fate (Medley)
No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
One
Orion
Sad But True
Seek And Destroy
The Memory Remains
The Shortest Straw
The Thing That Should Not Be
The Unforgiven
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Wherever I May Roam
Whiplash

Other Artists

Alice In Chains - No Excuses
Bob Seger - Turn The Page
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
Foo Fighters - Stacked Actors
Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
Kyuss - Demon Cleaner
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesdays Gone
Machine Head - Beautiful Mourning
Mastodon - Blood And Thunder
Mercyful Fate - Evil
Michael Schenker Group - Armed and Ready
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
Samhain - Mother of Mercy
Slayer - War Ensemble
Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster
Suicidal Tendencies - War Inside My Head
System of a Down - Toxicity
The Sword - Black River
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town

Wikins vs. King James

I'm looking for your opinion.

All I did in high school was argue about sports.

Given my family history, I guess that makes sense.

All I did was argue about sports with a small group of guys. Every single day. In between classes. During lunch. After school. At any one time, there was always some argument about some sport (never hockey).

Anyway, thanks to Facebook, I have found these guys again, and like not one day has passed (about 15 years has), the arguing has started again.

Today's topic, batted around by Smoke, Oronde and myself, is "Who Is The Better In Game Dunker; Dominique Wilkins or Lebron James?"

Watch Wilkins Top 10:



Watch Lebron's Top 10:



Your opinion, please.

SHOCKER!

From ESPN.COM...

A new book proposal, submitted by the admittedly estranged brother of Mark McGwire, claims the former major league slugger used both steroids and human growth hormone during his career.

In the proposal, first reported Wednesday on Deadspin.com, Jay McGwire alleges that Mark used Deca-Durabolin and that he introduced Mark to performance-enhancing drugs in 1994.

Didn't we already know this? Wasn't the fact that he took the 5th in front the Senate about steroids three years ago, along with the fact that he tripled in size, confirmation that Mark McGwire did steroids. Isn't the fact that just about no one has voted for him to be in the Hall Of Fame, pretty much confirmation that everyone already knows?

In retrospect, it seems though like either we need to crucify everybody or nobody. Steroid use was SO rampant, that it seems odd to me to just punish the people who had the most success (Clemens, McGwire, Bonds). Don't get me wrong, I think the fact that everyone in baseball was on steroids is deplorable, but it seems odd to single some of the guys out rather than the others. But just because Andy Petitte admitted it, and just because Jason Giambi didn't break any records, doesn't mean that they're to be held to any different standard today.

I love how we in this country pick and choose our moral high grounds. We condemn baseball players for taking drugs to hit longer home runs and throw faster pitches, but we continue to watch TV shows and buy magazines that chase celebrities and do their best to ruin lives.

Rage Acoustic

This is not new... But I was mentioning it on the air today.

Tom Morello and Zack De La Rocha at the House Of Blues in Chicago.

People Of The Sun

New Song

Bulls On Parade

The Most Puzzling Gym Behavior In History

More than once, I, as well as others, have written about the characters you'll see at any gym, no matter where you go. The old guy who is naked too much in the locker room. The guy who reads the paper while he lifts weights. The woman who gets all dolled up, puts on tons of makeup, then walks on the treadmill for 20 minutes while talking on her cell phone. The guy who does cardio every day but is still fat.

The list goes on and on...

Then there's the blog about the "no no's" at the gym. The guy who sweats and doesn't clean up after himself. The guy who uses 3 weight benches at once. The guy who hits on every girl and has to make friends with every dude.

There is a no one. I would venture to say, that in any gym in history, this has never happened until now. Bold, I know, but gyms aren't hard places to figure out. I've been a member of I think 7 in the last 7 years, in different towns and cities, expensive and cheap, neighborhood gyms and large chains gyms, and nothing is really all that different. It's all the same people, just with different faces and names. Still, all the same people.

At my gym, a couple brings THEIR BABY to the gym. In a stroller. Every time.

Now you must be saying, "Spike, they must have a daycare center that they're bringing the baby to." No, in fact, they do not. There is no daycare center at my gym. I go to a great gym, but it's a small, family owned gym. There is no daycare. They bring this baby in as they lift weights. As they use the cables. They do a set, then push the stroller back and forth for a minute.

Now you must be saying, "well, maybe they can't get a baby sitter at 5:30am on a Tuesday." Fair point. They bring the baby in on Saturday at noon as well. Also, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM. There is a mother and a father. They come together. So regardless of whether there's a babysitter, one could stay home while the other one goes to the gym. Aside from the puzzling logic, it seems like a blatant disregard for the baby's safety.

Mind you, this is not just awkward and puzzling like the guy who works out in jeans.



























No no no. This is not the stupid and annoying like the 8 year old at the gym trying to use the treadmill even though he can't reach the controls.






























No sir. This is an actual baby, at the gym. A baby that can't be more than 3 months old, at the gym. Where meatheads lift heavy weights and women cheat on their husbands with their trainer.

In all of my years on this earth, I will never figure people out. Ever.

Michael Irvin's Gunman Run-In

Plaxico Burress is a Cowboys fan. Who knew?

DALLAS -- Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin says he calmly chatted with a gunman in another vehicle after the armed passenger turned out to be a Dallas Cowboys fan.

Irvin, who was not harmed, says he was "very afraid."

A Dallas police report says Irvin was stopped at a red light Monday night in North Dallas when two men in a truck pulled up next to him.

The driver rolled down his window, so Irvin did the same, thinking the two men recognized the radio talk show host and television commentator.

The passenger flashed a gun. Then the retired NFL star heard one of them call out his name and mentioned being a "huge Cowboy fan."

"The passenger pulled out a semiautomatic and I knew what time it was," Irvin told the Dallas Morning News. "But he said, 'Oh, that's Michael Irvin, with the Dallas Cowboys.' "

Irvin says he began talking with the men about the team's disappointing 9-7 season and Dallas not making it to the Super Bowl.

"So we started talking about the Cowboys and everything," Irvin said in the Morning News. "Then they got back on the highway."

The pair eventually drove off.

"I tell you what, I'm glad he was a Cowboy fan," Irvin told the Morning News.

Here's a quick story about the only time someone ever pulled a gun on me. I was driving, in Conshohocken, when a white van pulled up next to me.

The guy motioned at me to roll my window down, so I did. Then I recognized him. I don't know which guy he was, I don't remember, but the guy was on Jackass. He wasn't one of the main guys, but he was definitely on Jackass.

Anyway, the guy told me he had these speakers. He was doing a delivery, and they were extra, and he could give them to me at a great price.

Now this is a scam. I don't know if you've ever heard of this scam, but this is how you end up buying 50 dollar speakers, which you think are 800 dollar speakers, for 200 dollars.

So I told him, "nah bro, no thanks."

And he goes "come on man, you gotta see these speakers."

Then I tell him "dude, I know it's a scam."

At which point, he flashed a gun, and drove off quickly.

Then he jumped into a shopping cart, rode down the street in it, used a stun gun on his private parts and filled his parents house with zoo animals.

Kara DioGuardi - THE WORST

Now I realize, as I write this, that this is the blog that a maniac would write.

I understand how this looks. I get it. I'm going to do it anyway, because this is what the internet is for. Complaining about things that do not matter.

Kara DioGuardi is the new judge on American Idol. I have to be honest, I was skeptical at best about adding a 4th judge. Not because I'm crazy and I don't think you can change the show. Well, maybe a little bit. Mostly though, because I think all 3 necessary viewpoints are covered by the current judges. The "Super Positive" viewpoint (Paula), the "Super Negative Asshole" viewpoint (Simon) and the "Down The Middle, Honest Guy" viewpoint (Randy). So any other judge is just going to be doubling one of these three.

Turns out, DioGuardi is doubling the Simon viewpoint, which is the least tolerable. Look, Simon is probably the best judge. He's the most accurate, but he is grating. He's kind of like hot sauce. You definitely need hot sauce, but if it's the only seasoning, and you have too much of it, it loses its desired effect. Having a second asshole is a dissapointing turn I think.

In addition, she pulled off maybe the most awful move I've ever seen pulled off by a judge. First, she attempted to sing a song that she thought the contestant couldn't sing correctly. Think about how crazy this is. Imagine you were watching diving in the Olympics, and one of the judges jumped up on the platform and dove to show the competitor how to do it. A competitor who COULD sing, and oh, by the way, showed up in a bikini, which I'm sure made DioGuardi just chomping at the bit to tell the girl she couldn't sing.



The fact that she lost her cool and showed such insecurity so quickly is a bad sign. She's like the worst possible combination of Simon and Paula. It was uncomfortable to watch.

I know she's accomplished, I know she's qualified, I know she probably knows her stuff. It's just too bad she has such a horrible personality.

Superman?

Kevin Garnett thinks Paul Pierce is Superman.

2 things here KG. First of all, if Paul Pierce was, in fact Superman, he probably would have prevented you from losing 7 of your last 11 games, including losses to the Knicks and Bobcats.

Second, if Paul Pierce, was in fact, Superman, he probably wouldn't be stroking his weak-ass facial hair the entire time you're mumbling during the press conference. Superman shaves more than once every 3 weeks. Paul Pierce has that facial hair that the kid in 6th grade who really needed to shave had.

I hate the Celtics.

Email Of The Year

From my brother.

Received last night.

Please note, when he writes "sarce," he means "sauce." We decided a couple of years at De La Costa in Chicago, while dining, that sauce would be referred to as "sauce."

Also, "cock sarce," is what we call sriracha. It's a thai hot sauce with a rooster on the bottle. Hence, "cock."

I'm quite sure I'll be the only one to enjoy this email. That's alright with me.

Dog, I'm gonna be honest with you here. I'm really gonna have a moment with you. We're brothers, we're best friends, we're almost the same person. I don't know where I'd be without you.

So, all that being the case, I'm gonna bare it all for you right now. Late last week, my throat started hurting. It hurt so bad on Saturday, I didn't even want to eat cause it hurt so much to swallow. I didn't have a fever, stuffy nose- nothing- just a wrecked throat.

Saturday night didn't help at the Papa Roach show when I was screaming the songs the entire time.

Dog, barely had a voice piece yesterday and today. I'm dyin dog. My throat piece is nearing the end of the line. Like a train.

So dog, let me be honest with you right now. I'm gonna bare all and reveal what was probably the dumbest decision of my entire life. Dog, I made myself baked chicken and quinoa tonight for dinner. You know what I slathered on top of my chicken cause I love it so much? You know what I put on top? Dog, I put my new spicy habenero sauce on top. Yep. All over the chicken, Dog. THEN dog, you know what I did next? Cock sarce. All over the quinoa.

Dog. End of the line. Like a train. Dumbest head on earth. But dog, not for nothin, I love that sauce.

Jason Eskin
Tenth Street Entertainment
700 San Vicente Blvd, #G410
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: xxxxxxxxx
Fax: xxxxxxx
AIM: xxxxxxxxx

A gift from my blackberry

The 10! Show

So, the truth is, I'm not very interesting.

I'm not interesting enough to be on television. That's probably why I haven't been on television. Not interesting or good looking enough. Scratch that, I was on television once. When I was about 10 years old, I was in a "Happy Holidays" commercial with my dad on Channel 3. It was the entire news staff of Channel 3, and the two hosts of Evening Magazine, Nancy Glass and Ray something. I forget Ray's name. In any case, the best part is that the one scene with me and my father was he and I looking up the chimney, for Santa. Two Jews, looking up the chimney for Santa. Classic.

I don't have any great desire to have a television career, however, I'd guess like most other people, being on TV seems like a cool thing to do.

So let me take you to about 2-3 months ago at an auction for the incredible, awesome charity PAL (Police Athletic League). There were several packages, all out of my price range. I went into it however, deciding that I was going to spend some money, give to a good cause, and get something cool.

I was priced out of the couple of packages that I targeted. One however, caught my eye that I hadn't noticed before.

"The Pampering Package."

Now, you might say, "Spike, that sounds like a package for a woman." Well, that's where you'd be wrong.

See, the package included a spa day for two at the Joseph Anthony Salon, 2 nights at the Loews Hotel on New Year's Eve and New Year's Night, some other assorted things, along with a makeover for two on the 10! show on NBC.

Ok, so I guess it does sound like a package for a woman. That's what she said. No time.

Anyway, the notion of being on TV caught my eye, and the bidding was slow. I'd have had it for less, but Beasley Reese (who was doing the right thing by driving up the price), did a good job of making me pay more for it. Still, it was within what I decided I could spend, and I won the package.

I was excited for everything, truly, but the thing I was most excited for was to be on television. My girlfriend, who would accompany me, was very excited as well. Probably because SHE'S A GIRL AND GIRLS LIKE MAKEOVERS. I've never been accused of being very masculine though, so I shared her excitement.

As I discovered when I got there, there isn't much you can makeover with a guy who has short hair and basically takes good care of himself. They made my hair a little darker, they gave me a button down shirt. I had a great time. I got to shoot Mario Lopez some dirty looks. Everyone was cool, the girl from State Of Grace, the people from Joseph Anthony Salon, and the gentleman who sent over my clothes from Pants in Bryn Mawr. Everyone at the 10! show as well, including Bill Henley, who kept telling me that my girlfriend was pretty, but I needed a lot of work. Thanks, Bud. By the way, Lori Wilson told me I was hot.

Jackie, my dear girlfriend, had a great time as well, and is clearly much better looking than I am.

I will soon have the behind the scenes video. Until then, enjoy.