Beautiful porn star in the studio. What you don’t hear on this is the phone call my wife makes during a commercial break. My wife was working for a guy, who Victoria worked for prior to getting into the Adult Entertainment business. She calls and asks; “Is her real name Sheila?” Victoria responds; “who wants to know?” “Pat.” “OH MY GOD How is Pat?” Yeah…instant soft-on.

As I mentioned in another post, WMFS was a *very* edgy radio station. We regularly pushed the boundaries of good taste. In fact, it was pretty much the rule – Take it to the edge. Every time. With one caveat; it must be funny. Sometimes we got there. This was one of those songs that almost wrote itself. My caring tribute to John Denver, who died tragically in a plane crash one weekend in 1997. The minute I heard, I wrote this, and played it the following Monday afternoon.

Memphis, laughed.

A small sample of the afternoon show from the old 92.9 WMFS. The station is long gone. It was a good time. This is what’s called a scoped aircheck. We send these to potential future employers. If they had any idea of how over-the-line we really were, I’d have never found another job. We did everything. Piercings, on-air fights, threatening the local Yeshiva (true story!). It was out of control. Despite being in the buckle of the Bible belt, Memphis is one of the most decadent cities in America. Thankfully, some audio was lost over the years. We don’t need people hearing all of it.

Another sample of the show at ‘MFS. This was at night, and therefore a little more “raw.” We did some sick stuff after the doors closed. There was nudity, which works well on the radio. We actually had a blow-up sheep, hanging from the ceiling in the air studio. There are extended segments of some of this stuff elsewhere in this section. I had a great time doing nights in Memphis. Enjoy!

In 2007, I was asked by the industry magazine Friday Morning Quarterback, to host the World Premiere for the new CD from the Cult. The CD is called “Born Into This.” This one-hour premiere ran on Rock & Alternative stations all over America. It was an amazing experience for me to be able to sit down with Ian Astbury, Billy Duffy & Chris Wyse to discuss the recording process and what makes the band tick. I’ve been fortunate to have been able to interview the band on several occasions. Considering they’re one of my favorite bands of all-time…I always remind myself how cool my job is. I have purposely uploaded this in mono and at a low bit rate. Lots of people spent a lot of time putting this together for the broadcast. It sounded amazing when it happened. But, here…it is presented for archival and your listening enjoyment. Thanks to the band, their manager Tom Vitorino, Mike Parish & everyone at FMQB for flying me out to Hollywood and allowing us to do this at the legendary Capitol Records building. Hope you enjoy!

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