Gee whiz, fellas! Spiegel fronts a cover band that considers themselves more than a cover band, so what?! And they have a fan who likes to write over the top articles about said band, so what?!

The guy has an endorsement deal for some energy company, he's getting (got?) married, he has a beloved TRIBUTE band, he sings jingles on TV, he has worked his name into the radio show he co-hosts. Seems to me that most here are nothing less than jealous. And that's fine, just be honest about.

I cannot fathom how anyone enjoys what this fool says on the radio, or how anyone would pay anything more than a cover (pun intended) charge to hear him sing....but hey, he's doing it. For whatever reason this guy ended up in Chicago - left and the came back - and is succeeding. I don't get how or why, but he is. So hate all you want, but the guy is obviously living his dream right now - showing up to his paying gig as he sees fit, playing his dream gig as much as possible, and using the former to promote the latter-all while getting face time on TV and hammering paychecks from multiple places. Good for him. He's fooling somebody (quite a bit)!

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

The guy has an endorsement deal for some energy company, he's getting (got?) married, he has a beloved TRIBUTE band, he sings jingles on TV, he has worked his name into the radio show he co-hosts. Seems to me that most here are nothing less than jealous. And that's fine, just be honest about.

Also if you fuck someone like they are a millionaire they might go try to be one.

I hear you on that, I do. I don't understand how he gets away with what he does, and to top it off when I do tune in all I do is hear him mocking the amount of time he takes off by talking about his iron man streak! Vaddacountry! Like I said, he obviously has somebody fooled, and good for him. I didn't think there would be any way he'd still be around, let alone get his name on the marquee, but he's done it. Unless McNeil has way more pull than I think, someone in some focus group must be hitting "really enjoy" when they get to the Spiegel section of their questionairre!

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

At this point, the mocking Spieg's day off thing is just a meme, much like the Iron Man Streak (copyright ME) has become a show thing for them.

Also if you fuck someone like they are a millionaire they might go try to be one.

Mac referred to it as "The Boyd Streak" yesterday...not sure if you heard that.

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

It just comes across as jealousy to me, is all. But I get your points. I'm sure any struggling musician, who happens to be a sports fan, would have a hard time not being jealous of what this fool is pulling off. You may not want to call it jealousy, but he's setup a pretty sweet gig for himself. Again, I don't buy into it and really don't have much of an idea of who enjoys consuming his remedial sports thoughts and cover band passion-but it is what it is. Much like the guy who often takes the mic at 6pm, I simply shake my head. As a consumer of sports talk, it certainly seems like there are better options!

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Dude, you need to stop talking down to people like you are some type of Big Deal around here.

You have a party at your house once a year and then you like to throw your weight around here like you own Katie O'Connor's or something!

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

I'll always be here to keep you grounded, DarkNipples.

We will do the dance forever!

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Good points, and I'm surely not that hefty dude! I'm married to a dietitian, so I'd have a pretty tough home life if I maintained his current fighting weight/food intake schedule!

I don't care for either his radio work (the fake laughs are the worst, along with the constant need to jump in with a horrid pun just to beat and/or amuse McNeil) or his cover-tribute band stuff. His voice is annoying to me, and unfortunately his singing voice isn't too much different from his schmaltzy radio guy voice.

It just comes across as jealousy to me, is all. But I get your points. I'm sure any struggling musician, who happens to be a sports fan, would have a hard time not being jealous of what this fool is pulling off. You may not want to call it jealousy, but he's setup a pretty sweet gig for himself. Again, I don't buy into it and really don't have much of an idea of who enjoys consuming his remedial sports thoughts and cover band passion-but it is what it is. Much like the guy who often takes the mic at 6pm, I simply shake my head. As a consumer of sports talk, it certainly seems like there are better options!

Well Mac told me to to tell you to go FUCK YOURSELF!!! ..So now it's been said .. .

Im pretty hammered right now.

Also if you fuck someone like they are a millionaire they might go try to be one.

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Can we keep this thread on track, please?

If you hate Laurence, then don't listen - don't comment. When he co-hosts the B&B show, take that day off ... listen to an old podcast of a Bernstein solo show and jerk off all day.

Can we keep this thread on track, please?

Im pretty hammered right now.

Dude spits a couple "meh"'s around every once in a while and now he wants to throw his weight around like he owns a record store.

Also if you fuck someone like they are a millionaire they might go try to be one.

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

From now on, when I post, I'm not simply going to share similar thoughts to things I hear on the radio. I'm actually going to "become Dan Bernstein".