It finally hit AllAccess on Friday, but here it is ( Read more... )

1. Bears lost (blown lead ( Read more... )

I got a new microphone today!!!

AUDIO, with no eq or compression (really it sounds this awesome:
http://itsjjski.tripod.com/Joel_Microphone_test.mp3

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I don't know how many of you are following the news, but the Chicago Area yesterday was hit with a disasterous storm. Specifically, the North Shore (where I live) was hit with a disasterous storm. Funnel clouds flew across the area. Most of Evanston, Willmette, Glenview, Northfield, Kenilworth, and surrounding areas are still without power ( Read more... )

I am supposed to be on XLC tonight, but it remains to be seen whether or not I will actually be able to get there...

I've been having a bla cuple of days. Not bad, just bla ( Read more... )

It's official! I can go ahead and announce my new job.

Now, in addition to everything I do at 1023 XLC, I am also the mid-day show producer for 1220 WKRS.

I guess, if we're keeping tally, this would be radio station number 6. But it's exciting! My entry into talk radio.

If you ever wonder what my schedule is like, believe me, I don't know it very well either. I had to draw it out on a markerboard:


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You know those automated signs on the expressways that give travel times and occasionally display an arbitrary message?

Well, last night I was driving home from a friend's house on the Tollway, and one said: "Please assist paramedics in identifying accident victims..."

And, no, I'm not making this up. How morbid!

Oh, and from work today:

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Anybody see the Colbert Report last night? Jan Shakowsky was on, and then followed by BETTER KNOW A DISTRICT! Who's district? Thats right, MINE!

So learn about my home, the Colbert way! watch it here:http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/