Hey Hey What Can Byrd Do

The only thing that seems almost certain in the rumors surrounding The Loop and Chicago radio in general, is that Byrd is going to lose his morning show... possibly in September. I started this journal to draw attention to Byrd's natural ability to Get the Led Out, but what if he doesn't get his evening gig back? Byrd could get a job in any market he wanted to, but Chicago has gotten a taste of Byrd and I for one don't want to let him go. What other Chicago rock stations could Byrd go to? The pickins are slim, and Byrd's not going to settle for a station that doesn't rock hard. I'd hire Byrd if I needed a mobile DJ, but let's hope it doesn't come to that. He'd rock that party so hard that he'd take home all the hot babes.

So tell me... if for some ungawdly reason The Loop lets Byrd go, where could he go and what could he do next?

Last week was a bad one for me to Get the Led Out, but on Wednesday I'll be able to check back in to Seaver's wacky antics. Tomorrow I'm going to see The White Stripes at the Auditorium Theatre. This show is going to fucking rock. The only other time I was at the Auditorium was for Wilco a few years back, and the sound was fucking amazing. Last time I saw The White Stripes was at the Aragon Ballroom, where the acoustics are utter shit. To top it off I felt like a damn old man, standing there among a bunch of kids rocking their asses off. At the time I lived nearby, so we walked there and back... and dammit my back was hurting that night. "Hey, kid! Get offa my lawn!"

I'm especially excited that I'm going to the show tomorrow night, because The Greenhornes are opening. Almost 10 years ago I saw them open for the destined-for-greatness Brainiac (RIP Timmy Tayler) at a shitty awesome rock club back in college. Their sound haunted me for years before I picked up Gun for You. I guess they've since lost the keyboards, but a couple of those dudes backed up Loretta Lynn on her simply amazing Van Lear Rose record produced by Jack White. Brendan Benson (who also rules) is opening on Wednesday, and he produced the latest Greenhornes EP... further complicating the Detroit/Cincinnati/Dayton incestual scene. Take that Bob Seger!

Perhaps this is a weird statement, but the only thing I'm having trouble understanding is why The White Stripes still exists. Jack White has proven himself over and over again as an artistic force... why does he still need Meg? I was driving my girlfriend to a headache as I demonstrated Meg's comepetent drumming on my steering wheel... keeping the beat along to Seven Nation Army. She made the mistake of laughing at first. That just encouraged me. She made me stop before I got out of control, though. I'll turn that girl into a rocker, yet. This show is going to fucking ROCK.