28 JAN 2021 · Tracy from Naperville, IL calls the Angi Taylor Show to tell the story behind Pearl Jam's song "Black". According to Tracy, Eddie Vedder wrote the song while they were having sex!

29 OCT 2020 · We checked in today with our night personality, Maria Palmer. Catch her every weeknight 7PM-12AM on Rock 95.5.

29 OCT 2020 · We checked in today with our afternoon personality, Klinger Catch him every weekday 3PM-7PM on Rock 95.5.

29 OCT 2020 · We checked in today with our mid-day personality, Walt. Catch him every weekday 10AM-3PM on Rock 95.5.

28 OCT 2020 · There is a lot to unpack today, so much so that I'm finding it hard to come up with something witty and silly to say. These notes are going to be longer than Nine Inch Nick by the time I get through with them. So, as indoor eating is now done for the foreseeable future, covid is on everyone's brain. So, it felt only fitting that new covid dating terms was a topic of discussion today. So, here they are: Antibody Boy: A guy who has covid antibodies. Coronazone: When you don't want to come over for fear of the virus. Covid Divorce: Spending too much time in the same place with one person causes friction and sometimes makes people stabby. Covid Worthy: Having qualities that make you worthy of the risk of catching covid. Quarantine and Chill: Like Netflix only you know, you chance catching covid and an STD. Quarantine Bae: The person you're seeing exclusively during quarantine. Turbo Relationship: A sped up relationship evolved from spending so much time together due to quarantine. Virtual Date: Can't go out, Zoom yourself a potential mate. Zumped: Getting dumped via Zoom. Following the trend of lists that get read off because it makes for interesting conversation, today Angi gave us a list of the top 10 Least Safe cities in the U.S. Abe was able to correctly identify Baltimore as smack dab number one and it was followed by Dallas, Alberque (where they're moving the Isotopes to!) Austin, Miami, Oakland, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Minneapolos and Nashville. The balance to this of course was the list of the 10 Safest cities, which started with San Diego. The rest of the list never materialized because Angi and Abe spent the rest of the segment fantasizing about San Diego and how great it is. Finally, prolific producer Butch Vig, discussed that due to the cultural climate, the impact of Nirvana's Nevermind would no longer be viable. So it had to be asked, what other things that came out forever ago, could never be done today. Matt said Song of the South (movie,) Trisha said Money for Nothing (Dire Straits music video,) Alan said Elvis which made him a winner (musician,) Chris said ska and punk rock from the early 2000's (music,) high schooler Dylan said The Crucible and All Shook Up (plays.) My personal addition to the list would have to be Soapdish, Sleepaway Camp and Drawn Together, all brilliant but also never could get made today. Extra Notes: As part of Jay the Straight's campaign to embarrass his wife, he gave Abe a video of Angi snoring, which was played after a discussion of an upcoming pill that may curb snoring but give fun side effects like suicidal thoughts. Foggy brained Angi saw a video of two pitches being thrown at the same time as part of replay technology and assumed it really happened and she was astounded by two balls being thrown at once. Angi is apparently an idiot. Moving on to another list, Washington Football Team still has no add on to their name and so it was time to brainstorm some ideas for what they could be called. Angi and Abe had a few thoughts such as Washington Dumpster Fire, Washington Velociraptors, Washington Deer and Washington Triceratops. Listener Eric suggested the Washington Corrupters and listener Rick suggested the Washington Foreskins. Personally, we should just call them trash and move right along. Evening Host Palmer was interviewed and aside from her super fun personality, we were able to learn a bit about her. This includes but isn't limited to: She feels that she looks like she's 12. She's a transplant from DC. She's excited to stalk John Mulaney. She did 12 years of Catholic school. Angi's boss loves Palmer's husband. Her husband is a bartender (I'm swooning.) She refers to herself as a trash human, she's a garbage person and she loves it. She feels that eating 3 meals a day at 7-11 is acceptable. Show Quotes and Tidbits: "If you live in california, you don't deserve to have a white christmas." - Abe "What women do you know named Horace?" - Angi What would you do for a free taco? Abe would wait in a line 5 people deep. Angi wouldn't wait at all because lines make her sick.

27 OCT 2020 · It's spooktober witches and even though I've spent every night this month watching a horror movie or two with my roommate, I wasn't prepared for the horror show that was the disgusting food segment. I tend to usually cover my points in order of happening but this needed to be addressed. So Drake had a party and the menu of what he served leaked, leading to the reveal that raisin mac and cheese is apparently a thing. This led to discussions about disgusting foods, like Abe's peanut butter, bacon, mayo and grilled onion burger. He also puts jelly on his sausage McMuffins. Btw Angi, Just keep warming that seat for me, Abe's intestines will rot out soon enough. Oh Abe also thinks that ketchup and pizza sauce is disgusting. Anyway, listeners called in and shared their horror story dishes. Zack likes peanut butter on his burgers as well. Marie puts ketchup on her mac and cheese. George likes pineapple, bacon and hot sauce on his pizza. Mike likes mustard on plain Lay's. Head Roadie Eight Inch Rob likes to eat bat and iguana cooked in bamboo shoots (and you wonder why we have covid now.) Lastly, the winner of this disgusting mess of a segment though was Roy, who eats buttered liver sausage sandwiches. BRB vomiting. Btw, as the pendulum has to swing, Angi is not off the hook today either. We discovered early in the 5 A.M. hour that she once was almost kicked out of Animal Kingdom for feeding a giraffe a Dorito. Sidenote, god I love giraffe's, I mean how could I not love something that long. So, if you had to marry your significant other where you met, where would that be? This question was brought forth after a couple got married in a Dunkin' drive through. Abe's would be a dead radio station because radio consumes his life it seems. Angi, on the other hand, was at the House of Blues and not behind a dumpster as Abe had suggested. Listener Lester would be at the Scareagon Brawlroom, which would be an actually cool wedding venue. Unused Notes: Do you love McFlurries, do you want a J Balvin meal, is your local McDonald's ice cream machine never turned on? Guess what, there's now an app for that. Mcbroken.com will tell you which McDonald's ice cream machines are broken in real time. Fun Fact: 20% in the Chicago area are currently broken. Guitar Center is going bankrupt because who goes out to shop anymore? Let's face it though, the only interesting and relevant thing here was Angi's desire for Abe to bring his guitar in so he could play for all of us. Clinger Interview: He is new to Chicago (coming from DC) and is the afternoon guy on Rock 95.5. He's looking forward to snow. He wants to explore and get to know the city, become a local and buy local asap. He's a Cubs fan. Clinger closes his eyes when he pees in public. If he wasn't on the radio, he would find forever homes for rescue animals. Show Quotes and Tidbits: "There's nothing hotter than a guy in an Under Armour shirt" - Angi "Does everyone there (in Dixmoor,) have huge junk?" - Abe Dual Abe Kanan tips in the 5 A.M. hour. He told us how to hard reset your iPhone and regave his amazing retention department tip. An Abe inside tip: Go to The Weiners Circle and order a chocolate shake.

26 OCT 2020 · It snowed this morning so even though I wasn't leaving the house due to covid, now I'm fully in hibernation mode, see everyone in the Spring. Here's a little throwback to way early in the day, during the 5 A.M. hour, Angi and Abe discussed first concerts. Her's was Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine and Abe's was Aerosmith and Jackyl. Mine, I was fortunate enough to see NIN when I was 13 and they had just released The Downward Spiral. Here's the part of my notes where I get all sorts of disappointed because I have to give it to Abe, he finally proved us wrong. That's right, the Best Bet of the Week finally lived up to its name and Abe got that long sought win. Too bad Tom Selleck, you'll have to wait another week to steal houses from the elderly. Wanna see if Abe can keep this streak alive, tune in this Friday for the next round of win or lose all your money. Lastly, Mike Tyson has a new EDM jam out but did you know Abe Kanan also had one made using a line drop of his by world famous DJ Aero. Other Notes: Abe and caller Vince discussed their grade school years after discovering they went to the same school, completely ignoring the fact that Vince was 10 years older than Abe of course. Well known Chicago local "Conrad Cooper" has been recruited to give weather drops on the show, finally giving us the full package of news, sports and weather/traffic that every morning show needs. The literally shocking truth of Angi's Halloween full size candy bar give away was revealed finally and as expected, it had to do with slacking on her part. Who cares though, Angi gives out full sized candy and that's where Abe and I will be trick or treating this year. This week is all about getting to know the on air personalities of Rock 95.5. Today was Walt the Rock Star, who plays in Stabbing Westward and The Dreaming (don't mind me, just fangirling out over here.) He is your mid morning go to personality and from the interview, we learned: he loves The Cubs, he loves The Metro, he met Christopher Hall at camp after they both were chasing the same girl and his life pinnacle was Jimmy Page asking about his gold records on the wall. Show Quotes: Abe Kanan Inside Tip: The orange tootsie rolls are the best. Angi's literal disgust over hearing this made having to indulge this tip worthwhile. "I would bang Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bull, because it would be a better story" - Abe Kanan

22 OCT 2020 · Angi got a surprise for her birthday from her 86 year old Baba.

20 OCT 2020 · Who has the best Arnold impression? We found out this morning on the Angi Taylor show.