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2:21 PM, Monday,
October 6th, 2008:
Live, Talk
Radio...
It's
like walking into my past and fitting into
my old pants. It probably would've filled
me with even more nostalgia if it wasn't
for the journey to get there. Good,
GOD.
After
nearly 48 hours with 2 hours of sleep, my
head hits the pillow at what, 5:30 am?
Phone rings at what, 6? We hadn't heard
from Rick so we assumed it wasn't gonna
happen - and wouldn't you know... we're on
at 8 AM. My poor body is like a magnet to
the horizontal position and somehow, we're
able to get up, grab a cab, and make it to
the station at roughly 8:09. WGN. Chicago
Tribune building... Legendary stuff for an
ex-talk radio host like me. And the pipes
on this guy, are you kidding? What an
absolute pleasure to sit at the wooden
desk, with the trusty jib-arm, and...
talk.
I wax poetic
because to me, it is. There's a hypnotic lure of dead
air plus a microphone and hearing your voice broadcast
over the waves that only those who have run late night
or early morning shows can attest to. You're not a
disc jockey, you're a storyteller. And it never goes
away. I don't doubt that a few decades down the road
I will be there again, I just have some
unfinished business before I do.
Which
apparently is doing Adam & The Egos
for CBS after Thanksgiving. LOL. Tammy and
I are kind of on a mission. Although the
powers that be are toying with the idea of
another Living Room Live "type" of
segment, it's getting morphed so much it's
nearly unrecognizeable. Meanwhile -
Crooked X puts out a press release that
pimps the CBS Early Show and directly
mentions Living Room Live. Tammy and I are
rippin our hair out because - HELLO, let's
do another one. I'll meet with them next
week in NY, but for the time being, we're
just playing along. So I go on WGN on a
show syndicated in 36 states and pimp the
upcoming Adam & The Egos
segment.
Presumptuous?
Certainly. But it's the only way to make
things happen. You just do it. Just like
in 2006 when I stayed in in Manhattan for
a month and just made Adam &
The Egos happen. You just have to have tan
air of inevitability about you and good
things happen. Now this time of course -
it's not all bullshit... this actually
SHOULD happen - on every possible level it
works. The Early Show is now getting
mentions from every angle for how good
this Living Room Live bit turned out. It's
ridiculously cheap to pull off, it is such
a tiny on-air investment, and so you just
push it that way. This will happen. It has
to happen.
Sound convincing?
Hope so. Because presently, fuck all is actually
happening. :-)
All of
this wouldn't have been possible to even
touch on if not for Erin being incredibly
gracious and eagerly pimping me to everyone
she meets. And to take a few minutes out of
her interview to spotlight me is just so, so
awesome. It feels very genuine and clearly
it's a mutual respect. Although exhausting
doesn't even begin to describe it, it's one
postive thing after another for both of our
careers and it just feels right.
The shots for the
video are turning out great - Chicago is a beautiful
town with impeccable architecture. Each day we seem to
get a little bit more - and since it'll probably be
black and white it's nice to be able to show you some
of the video stills in color.
Up next is the big
day tomorrow with my performance as well as meeting
the funky celebrity. Insert smiley here.