Bryan Truta / JACK's Big Breakfast

What a special day on JACK's Big Breakfast!

Chiefs first round draft pick Glen Dorsey stopped by today and you can see his appearance in today's VIDEO BLOG:



We were laughing because Glen was born in 1985 and it just makes us all pause and feel old, doesn't it? In honor of his birth year, we pulled out songs from '85 for the Eight Tracks.

JACK's Eight Tracks Tuesday April 29th: 1985

1. Paul Young "Everytime You Go"
2. Huey Lewis & The News "Power Of Love"
3. Madonna "Crazy For You"
4. Starship "We Built This City"
5. Mr. Mister "Broken Wings"
6. Duran Duran "A View To A Kill"
7. Tears For Fears "Shout"
8. Jan Hammer "Miami Vice Theme"
+1 Bowling For Soup "1985"

Yep, not gonna lie. I'm not feeling too well today.

Here's some stuff from our Celebrity Crap segment in today's VIDEO BLOG:



JACK's Eight Tracks Monday, April 28th: Ladies!
Listener assisted by Christine Blinco for her daughter

1. Kool & The Gang "Ladies Night"
2. Jimi Hendrix "Foxey Lady"
3. Lenny Kravitz "Lady" (from the Bare Brunch archives)
4. Little River Band "Lady"
5.Christina Aguilera f. Mya, Lil' Kim, and Pink "Lady Marmalade"
6. Styx "Lady"
7. Aerosmith "Dude Looks Like (A Lady)"
8. Commodores "Lady"

Today was the busiest we've ever been on JACK's Big Breakfast!

First, comedian Greg Warren was in-studio to talk about dating, restaurants, wrestling, and playing the clarinet. Check out Greg at Stanford's Comedy Club up at the Legends this weekend.

Then, we were graced by the presence of Kendall Gammon, a Pro Bowl long snapper for the Kansas City Chiefs and the brand new sideline reporter for the Chiefs Radio Network, and Mitch Holthaus, the voice of the Chiefs and an avid JACK FM fan. Check out what they have to say about this year's radio broadcast and the upcoming draft in today's VIDEO BLOG:

Amongst today's topics in JACK's Big Breakfast: today was "Take Your Kid To Work" day; the "shocking" dismissal of Carly Smithson from American Idol; and why doesn't Julia Roberts wear deodorant?

The question was posed, Do you wear deodorant all of the time? And if you don't, why not? Find out what people said in today's VIDEO BLOG:


JACK's Eight Tracks Thursday, April 24th: Places
Listener assisted by Jamie and Christina

1. Toto "Africa"
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama"
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"
4. Gladys Knight & The Pips "Midnight Train To Georgia"
5. Bruce Springsteen "Streets Of Philadelphia"
6. Ryan Adams "New York, New York"
7. Marc Cohn "Walkin' In Memphis"
8. Jimmy Buffet "Margaritaville"

ASSIGNMENT: I handed out our next assignment on this morning's show. This weekend is race weekend at the Kansas Speedway. Danica Patrick will be in town for Sunday's Indy race, fresh off of her first career win and the first win ever by a female driver in an IndyCar event. Friday's Eight Tracks will be "Songs To Drive Fast To."

Submit your fast-drivin' songs to: btruta@1051jackfm.com Then listen tomorrow at 8a to see which ones make the list!

Today's appearance is now in the VIDEO BLOG:

Last night was another American Idol watch party for our man David Cook. So far this year we've seen him tackle rock and pop with ease and last night was no different as David wowed the crowd with a little Phantom Of The Opera.

Since David will still be around next week, join the Cook Family and JACK FM at the Hilton Garden Inn at I-70 and Little Blue Parkway next Tuesday night at 6:30p. As you can see below, get there early to get a seat! A $2 admission fee goes directly to the Give Kids The World Foundation and David's charity of choice, the American Cancer Society.

Watch exclusive footage of last night's watch party in today's new VIDEO BLOG:



JACK's Eight Tracks Wednesday, April 23rd: Names In Songs
Listener assisted by Heather, Christina, Sabrina, and Jamie

1. Van Halen "Jamie's Cryin'"
2. Fountains of Wayne "Stacy's Mom"
3. Simon & Garfunkel "Cecilia"
4. Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"
5. Elvis Costello "Alison"
6. Deep Blue Something "Breakfast At Tiffany's"
7. Steve Perry "Oh Sherry"
8. Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline"

JACK's Eight Tracks Tuesday, April 22nd: Earth Day

1. Michael Jackson "Heal The World"
2. John Mayer "Waiting On The World To Change"
3. Garbage "Special"
4. Earth, Wind and Fire "Shining Star"
5. USA For Africa "We Are The World"
6. Eric Clapton "Change The World"
7. Collective Soul "The World I Know"
8. Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World"

Guitar Hero is in the new VIDEO BLOG:

JACK's Eight Tracks Monday April 21st: Eyes
Listener assisted by Stephanie Sams of Kansas City, KS

1. Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl"
2. Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes"
3. Luscious Jackson "Naked Eye"
4. Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger"
5. Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face"
6. Hall & Oates "Private Eyes"
7. Kelly Clarkson "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
8. Eric Carmen "Hungry Eyes"

A 5.4 earthquake hit West Salem, Illinois this morning at 4:37a. This morning on JACK's Big Breakfast we took calls for about an hour straight from people all over the metro who felt this unusual phenomenon.

Listeners in Raytown, Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, Overland Park, and Olathe reported feeling the rumble, hearing fine china clinking, or - in some extreme cases - feeling their beds shake!

This led to a great Eight Tracks list which is coming up, but first Dave Coulier is in today's VIDEO BLOG!




JACK's Eight Tracks Friday April 18th: Shakin'!
For the earthquake

1. AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long"
2. Peaches & Herb "Shake Your Groove Thing"
3. Debbie Gibson "Shake Your Love"
4. Cars "Shake It Up"
5. Eddie Money "Shakin'"
6. Sam Cooke "Shake"
7. Georgia Satellites "Hippy Hippy Shake"
8. KC & The Sunshine Band "Shake, Shake, Shake"

Told you I was no good at making up headlines for these things...

Happy Thursday! Today Kerry Zavagnin from the Kansas City Wizards stopped by to chat. The Wizards are off to a great start to the '08 season and are getting ready to embark on a huge 2-month road trip. Kerry chats with us in today's VIDEO BLOG!



JACK's Eight Tracks Thursday, April 17th: HELL / The Devil
Since we did Heaven yesterday

1. Van Halen "Runnin' With The Devil"
2. Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels "Devil With A Blue Dress"
3. INXS "Devil Inside"
4. Trooper "Raise A Little Hell"
5. Charlie Daniels Band "Devil Went Down To Georgia"
6. Motley Crue "Shout At The Devil"
7. Rolling Stones "Sympathy For The Devil"
8. Squirrel Nut Zippers "Hell"

Thanks to all who have submitted Eight Tracks lists! You can submit to: btruta@1051jackfm.com

Is it any coincidence that Pope Benedict comes to visit and Mother Nature gives us 70 degree weather?

Hmmmm....

Today's Eight Tracks celebrates everything "heavenly" but we'll get to that in a minute. Right now, it's the new VIDEO BLOG!




JACK's Eight Tracks Wednesday, April 16th: Heaven
For Pope Benedict

1. Los Lonely Boys "Heaven"
2. Bob Dylan "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
3. Belinda Carlisle "Heaven Is A Place On Earth"
4. Temple Of The Dog "Say Hello 2 Heaven"
5. Bryan Adams "Heaven"
6. Warrant "Heaven"
7. Cure "Just Like Heaven"
8. Led Zeppelin "Stairway To Heaven"

ASSIGNMENT: I am going to provide you with some thought starters for future Eight Tracks. Submit your song titles for these lists, or your own lists and songs to btruta@1051jackfm.com. Remember, if you can only come up with a theme and 2 or 3 songs, that's OK...send it anyway and the music gurus here can help fill it out for you!

- guilty pleasure songs
- 90's alternative rock
- "sexy" songs / "I lost IT to this song" songs
- Graduation songs
- summer songs
- lake songs
- 4:20 songs (if you need to know what that means, Google it)
- pool party songs
- names in songs

You get the idea...now CREATE! And enjoy the weather!

One thing you never see is Bret Michaels of Poison without his bandana. What's the deal with that? Is he bald under there? Does he wear a wig and the bandana keeps it on? Who knows...

Congratulations to Sarah of Liberty (we'll protect her identity by witholding her last name) who just won Beauty Brands Big Hair contest!

Just look at that mane! Sarah told us what her college boyfriend used to call that hair, but there's no way we could repeat that in a family blog.

For sending us this picture Sarah has won a gift certificate to Beauty Brands so she can partake in the $6.98 hairspray sale and maybe recapture this college moment. She also wins a pair of tickets to see Poison at Starlight Theatre this summer!

I'm just trying to play catch-up today.

It's been a busy few days and I've neglected some things like the video blog and even the Eight Tracks playlists, but they're all here today.

First things first, GO HAWKS! I can't wait for tonight's National Championship game! And while I don't know what's going to happen, I just know getting to this point is an amazing feat in and of itself and KU fans should be very proud of their team this year.

This is such a great time of year...basketball is wrapping up and now baseball is taking over. Join us for a live broadcast from the Plaza Tuesday morning from 6-9a as we celebrate Greater Kansas City Day and Royals Opening Day! We'll be on the corner by the JC Nichols Fountain selling special editions of The Kansas City Star.

From there we're moving the party to Kauffman Stadium for a pre-Opening Day tailgate party from Noon - 2p. It's Royals and Yankees at 3:10p, then we're packing up and heading to Independence, where JACK FM is hosting the "Offical" David Cook American Idol Watch Party with David's family!

If you want to catch American Idol on the big screen, find us at the Hilton Garden Inn at I-70 and Little Blue Parkway in Independence tomorrow night. Doors open at 6:30p and there is a $2 cover charge that will go to the "Give Kids The World" foundation.

NEW VIDEO BLOG!




JACK's Eight Tracks, Monday April 7th: Inspiration (for a Nt'l Championship!)

1. David Barrett "One Shining Moment (The CBS Basketball Song)"
2. Guns N' Roses "Welcome To The Jungle"
3. Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started"
4. Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger"
5. 2 Unlimited "Get Ready For This"
6. Rolling Stones "Start Me Up"
7. Van Halen "Jump"
8. Queen "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions"

ASSIGNMENT: Submit your Prom Theme/song, high school name, and the year of your prom to btruta@1051jackfm.com. Your submissions will help build a future Eight Tracks of Prom Themes. All people who submit a theme song will be entered into a drawing to win passes to the JACK premiere of Prom Night starring Brittany Snow, this Thursday at the AMC Town Center Plaza.

I owe you some old Eight Tracks...

Today's special co-host was Flat Stanley from Grain Valley!

As legend goes, Stanley was a normal little boy who was sleeping one night when his bulletin board fell on him and flattened him. Today Flat Stanley got to keep our Lifestyle Correspondent Cherryh Butler company while she delivered the news about INK Magazine's launch party and big newsstand debut!

Check out the video blog for details!




JACK's Eight Tracks: Wednesday April 2nd: Songs About "Songs"
(with assistance from Carrie Kent of Overland Park)

1. Blur "Song 2"
2. Elton John "Your Song"
3. The Cure "Lovesong"
4. Sara Bareilles "Love Song"
5. John Mellencamp "Authority Song"
6. Stone Temple Pilots "Interstate Love Song"
7. Tesla "Love Song"
8. Greg Kihn Band "The Breakup Song"

Submit your future Eight Tracks list to btruta@1051jackfm.com and catch the Eight Tracks every Monday - Friday at 8a and the replay at 8p!

It was an unbelievable day in JACK's Big Breakfast history! Nine Finger Charlie announced today he was leaving for a job in Tuscaloosa. Turns out Charlie's a wild-eyed Southern boy who's been missing the rough and tumble ways of the Dirty South and just can't wait to get back to his roots.

We'll all miss him and his call of "It's On Fire!" for every car fire out there.

Hey, congrats to the Royals who are in First Place after a great Opening Day road-win!

NEW VIDEO BLOG BELOW:



JACK's Eight Tracks, April 1st: Being A Fool

1. Def Leppard "Foolin'"
2. Quarterflash "Find Another Fool"
3. Elvin Bishop "Fooled Around And Fell In Love"
4. Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
5. Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes"
6. Cinderella "Nobody's Fool"
7. Jewel "Foolish Games"
8. Led Zeppelin "Fool In The Rain"

PS and by the way: Happy April Fool's Day!