Studio Walls--October 30, 2024

 

A weekly update/preview of my latest podcasts, and a look back at some of my previous audio work from this week in history over the past 40+ years.

October 27, 1973

=The Who releases "Love Reign Oer Me".  Loren Gold plays the keyboards for that every night when the Who goes on tour. He told us about it.  

October 27, 2018

=Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting. Mark Cuban told us that he knew people in that congregation. 

 

October 28—International Animation Day 

=We have audio from the day that our voice genius, Vince, got to play on the air with legendary cartoon voice over artist June Foray.

October 28—Jami Gertz birthday

=My brush with Jami is discussed in this episode.  

October 28, 2021

=I appeared on an Australian soccer podcast

October 28—Adam Bitterman birthday

=We interviewed the Chicago actor in this episode.  

October 28, 2023

=Matthew Perry died. Alex Kapp told us about Perry and what it was like being an actor on Friends.  

 

October 29—Quiet Riot singer Kevin DuBrow’s birthday. 

=Loverboy’s Doug Johnson told us what it was like touring with Quiet Riot. 

October 29--Denny Laine birthday

=We talked to the late Wings guitarist when we filled in at WLS-AM. 

 

October 30--Myke Cole birthday

=We had the best selling author on the show not just once, but twice.  

October 31--Adam Schlesinger birthday

=My brush with the late Fountains of Wayne songwriter is discussed in this episode.

October 31—Halloween. 

=Boris Karloff's daughter, Sara Karloff was interviewed by us in this episode.  

 

November 1, 1884—Leicester City plays first game ever 

=That reminds me of this podcast...

 

November 2, 2001—Monsters Inc released 

=Johnny Kaempfer reviewed it when he was 3. We have the audio.

November 2, 2006—The Arab/Israeli Comedy Hour debuts 

=Aaron Freeman (the Israeli part of it) was on our show. 

November 2—Kurt Elling birthday

=The jazz genius was on this episode of the show. 

November 2, 1980—The Kings/"Beat Goes On-Switchin To Glide: released.

=We talked to Mr. Zero himself on this episode.

Studio Walls--July 3, 2024

 

A weekly update/preview of my latest podcasts, and a look back at some of my previous audio work from this week in history over the past 40+ years.

Here are a few from the archives...

June 30, 1959—Two balls in play at once at Cubs game

=We have the audio of that totally confusing play-by-play

June 30—Mike Tyson birthday

=Dan Frischman of the show Head of the Class has a great story about his brush with Mike Tyson. He told it to us in this episode of Minutia Men.

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July 1—Release of the New York Times bestseller The Lie by William Dameron

=He appeared in this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.  

July 1—Canada Day

=Mr. Zero, one of the leaders of the Canadian Band The Kings appeared on Minutia Men. 

=Felix Cavaliere from the Rascals talked to us about his inexplicable popularity in Canada. 

=Canadian journalist Paul Saltzman told us a story about Beatles making fun of Canada. 

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July 3--Tom Cruise birthday

=I told my Tom Cruise story in this episode of Minutia Men.  

July 3, 1971—Don Kessinger hits an inside the park homer 

=We have the audio. 

July 3, 2020—Rick appears on Phil Manicki show on WGN 

=We talked about the media business, including our show Minutia Men. You can hear it here.

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July 4, 1954—West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 to win the World Cup

=Just another reminder to listen to Free Kicks.

July 4—Bill Schnee birthday

=The famous recording engineer/producer has some incredible rock and roll stories. A great sampling of them are in this interview. 

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July 5, 1970—Leo Durocher starts a brawl 

=We have the play-by-play audio.

 

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July 6, 1970—Ron Santo hits 3 homers 

=We play the play-by-play audio.

July 6--Robert Loerzel birthday

=The Chicago historian tells us all about the 1919 race riots in Chicago. 

July 6—Burt Ward birthday

=Mike Toomey has a story about dealing with Robin. 

July 6—Nick Digilio birthday 

=Nick came on the Minutia Men show shortly before debuting his Radio Misfits podcast.

Studio Walls--January 10, 2024

 

A weekly update/preview of my latest podcasts, and a look back at some of my previous audio work from this week in history over the past 40+ years.

Coming this week: Adam and I will discuss the array of Premier league games over the holidays, the Festive Fixtures in a new episode of Free Kicks. Dave and I will be back in the Minutia Men saddle with stories about 9-1-1 calls, bad parenting, and more.

From the archives...

*January 7—National Bobblehead day. We were lucky enough to interview the creator of the Bobblehead Hall of Fame in Milwaukee.  

*January 7—is also National Pass Gas Day. I wrote this ultimate tribute to the phenomenon in 1996. Recorded by Landecker & the Legends. We only played it on the air once before the management of WJMK banned it. 

*January 8—Elvis birthday. We never talked to Elvis, but we did get some Elvis stories from an actor who appeared in a movie with him; Danny Bonaduce. 

*January 8--Soupy Sales shared a birthday with Elvis. I told the story about my brush with Soupy in this early episode of Minutia Men. 

*January 8—Finally, a birthday boy who is alive. Loverboy's lead singer Mike Reno. We talked to him about four years ago. 

*January 9—Debut of show “Pivoting” starring Fizaa Dosani. I remember our interview as being generationally awkward. You can listen to it here. 

*January 9, 2011—Shameless debuts on Showtime. One of the actresses who appeared on the show, Maria Breese, also appeared on our show. You might be able to hear us struggle with talking to someone we had just seen naked.  

January 10, 1863--London Underground opened. We interviewed Emma Clarke (the Mind the Gap voice). I loved that interview because I could also use her passionate defense of Manchester United in an episode of Free Kicks.

January 10—Birthday of Donald Fagen. Record engineer Bill Schnee worked on the Steely Dan records and told us what that experience was like. 

January 10, 2016—David Bowie died. Mick Rock was a good friend of Bowie's, and the legendary rock photographer told us a few great Bowie stories.  

January 10, 1999—The Sopranos debuted. We've only had one actor from that show on the podcast, but it sure was memorable talking to Vito/Joseph Gannascoli 

January 11, 1895—Laurens Hammond born. The creator of the Hammond Organ. Ides of March keyboardist Scott May was on our show, and told us all about the great man's legacy. 

January 11, 1980--The only hit by The Kings--The Beat Goes On/Switchin to Glide peaked in Chicago on the WLS charts at #9. We still love that song so much, we talked to Mr. Zero from The Kings. If memory serves we learned that nothing matters but the weekend from a Tuesday point of view.  

January 12, 1928: Andy Frain pitches Wrigley for the job of providing security at the ballpark. His company did that for over 50 years. When we interviewed author Don Evans he told us a story about the Andy Frains using kids like him as child labor after the games.

January 12, 1969—Led Zeppelin’s first album was released. We haven't interviewed any of those guys, but we did interview Jim Peterik who toured with them. He told us a Led Zeppelin debauchery tale for the ages. 

January 12--Maharishi's birthday. We interviewed someone who studied with him in India...while the Beatles were there too. Paul Saltzman. 

Studio Walls

 Every week I send my Minutia Men Co-Host Dave Stern a list from our audio archives for this week's Studio Walls feature. These are the possibilities for this week. Which one will he choose?

*October 30 is Myke Cole's (author) birthday. We had him on MMCI twice. Here and here.  

*November 2, 2001—Monsters Inc was released. Johnny Kaempfer reviewed it for the John Landecker show (AUDIO)

*November 2, 2006—The Arab/Israeli Comedy Hour debuts. We had the show's co-creator Aaron Freeman on our show and he told us all about it. 

*November 2—Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling celebrates a birthday. He had a memorable appearance on MMCI.  

*November 2, 1980—The Kings song "Beat Goes On-Switchin To Glide" is released. We talked to the man behind that song, Kings member Mr. Zero.  

*November 3—Michael Dukakis birthday. The saddest man in America on the day Dukakis lost the 1988 election was Second City's Dave Sinker. We talked to him about that.

*November 3—Cubs win world series just after midnight in Cleveland. Scott Turow describes his reaction to that day

*November 3--Catherine Johns is celebrating a birthday. We had a nice chat with Catherine a few years ago.  

*November 4, 2002, John Landecker brought his father's ashes to work for Take Your Parents To Work Day. Comedy ensued.

*November 4, 2014, Father Knows Nothing bonus audio tracks were released. You can still listen to them here.

*November 5, 1996—Clinton beats Dole. Landecker & The Legends had a song about that election. (Big Macarena AUDIO)

Studio Walls

 Every week I send my Minutia Men Co-Host Dave Stern a list from our audio archives for this week's Studio Walls feature. We missed last week because Dave contracted Covid. If he's well enough to do it this week, these are the possibilities. Which one will he choose?

*June 26, 1981, the movie Stripes debuts. We talked to Tommy Chong about that movie. He and Cheech had it offered to them first. (Listen to the entire interview here). We also have audio from the man who eventually did co-star in it, Harold Ramis. He did a promo for our ad agency. (AUDIO)

*June 26 is Bobby Holland Hatton's birthday. We talked to the busiest stuntman in the world a few years ago. (Click here for entire interview)

*June 27 is author/humorist/parent James Breakwell's birthday. We talked to him about his best-selling book X-ploding Unicorn a few years ago. (Listen to it here)

*June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson bit off Evander Holyfield's ear. Naturally, I wrote a parody song about that for the John Landecker show (AUDIO)

*June 28, 1970 was the first official Gay Pride Day. I spoke to actor Dan Butler (Frasier) about that and his activism for LGBTQ causes. (Full interview is here)

*June 30, 1959, the Cubs had one of the strangest plays in baseball history when two balls were in play at the same time. (We have the audio of the PBP)

*July 1, 2019, William Dameron released his best selling book "The Lie". We had him on the podcast to talk about it. (Listen to that interview here)

*July 1 is Canada Day. We talked to Zero from The Kings about their Canadian smash hit The Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide. (You can listen to that here)

Studio Walls

Every week I send my Minutia Men Co-Host Dave Stern a list from our audio archives for this week's Studio Walls feature. These are the possibilities for this week. Which one will he choose?

*This week in 1863, the London Underground opened. Emma Clark (voice of London Underground) story about getting the Mind The Gap gig (Listen to entire interview here)

*Donald Fagen's birthday is January 10. Recording engineer Bill Schnee tells story of working on Stealy Dan's Aja album. (Listen to entire interview here)

*David Bowie died on January 10, 2016. Photographer Mick Rock tells his David Bowie story (Listen to entire interview here)

*The Sopranos debuted on January 10, 1999. Actor Joseph (Vito) Gannascoli tells story about working on the show (Listen to entire interview here)

*The Kings song "The Beat Goes On/Switching to Glide" hit it's top chart position on the WLS Radio charts in Chicago January 11, 1980 (#9). Mr. Zero from the Kings talks about the song. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*Andy Frain is hired to provide security at Wrigley Field, January 12, 1928. Chicago Literary Hall of Fame president Don Evans tells childhood story about helping out Andy Frain ushers. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*Led Zeppelin releases their first album January 12, 1969. Jim Peterik tells the story of when his band the Ides of March toured with Zeppelin and were invited to a Led Zep party. (Listen to the entire inverview here)

*The Maharishi was born on January 12th. Filmmaker Paul Salzman was there when the Beatles visited him in India. (Listen to the entire interview here)