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Angi Taylor Show Recap With Jay The Gay -3-30-2023

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This is just a small taste of the show overall, the bits and bobs that I found interesting, funny, insightful and relevant. To hear everything that happened, check out the podcast of today's show. However, if you're looking for a quick read along with random self inserts and my personal thoughts, you've come to the right place. 

Call in Point:

(This is the broadstroke canvas on which I base my call, obviously these notes are going to be longer and more detailed

It's Thursday and that is only relevant because that means tomorrow is Friday and that is the Seth freaking Rollins weekend (since Wrestlemania is this weekend, had to use that reference.) Aside from naps, lying on the couch drinking and watching TV and you know, generally being drunk, the weekend can be used for other things like a date night. The thing is, date night does not mean what it used to these days because things like covid, inflation and Netflix & Chill have really changed the definition of what a date could and should be. Angi pressed Abe for the last time he went on a date and for as much as he dismissed Cathy Tropicana, he actually went with her to an Italian place in Elmwood Park last week. However, before we look at what the date nights of these two will look like this weekend, let's explore the 10 most considered ideas of what date nights are these days. 1) Going out to eat (I mean come on now, everyone loves shoveling food for sustenance and desire for waist expansion.) 2) A night in together. If you don't live together this makes sense but like if you were dating someone and said, let's hang at the house, you're not going to probably get laid. Like if Abe told Angi to come over and watch The Challenge, Angi is definitely not putting out. 3) Going to the movies. The last movie Abe went to with Cathy Tropicana was Moonage Daydream, the David Bowie documentary that came out last year sometime. As for Angi, she saw Creed III with Jay the Straight recently. 4) Cooking together. (See, food is the key to everything, people.) 5) A long drive. Angi used to go with her boyfriend when she was a teen to rich neighborhoods and Zillow browse houses but in real life, which explains why she does it so much these days while lying on the couch. 6) Shopping. (In this economy, are you nuts?) 7) A romantic walk on the beach. (Well, definitely not happening here.) 8) Camping. (Angi would not be keen on doing that.) 9) Doing a hobby together. (Like painting miniatures or sorting through the dildo collection.) 10) Game Night. (Like JengaUnoMonopoly or naked Twister with the swinger neighbors.) Right, now that this list is sorted, let's look at what Angi & Abe are doing this weekend. For Abe, it's the aforementioned Wrestlemania weekend which means the door is locked for Cathy Tropicana as Abe spends 6 hours on Saturday and Sunday night watching shirtless men grind on each other. I'm sure he'll be shirtless and eating wings as well so honestly, she probably doesn't need to see that. As for Angi, Jay the Straight will be accompanying her to a comedy show that she's been asked to go see for the last two years. Apparently, she's run out of excuses to use so she's being forced to go.

 

Other Stuff from Today's Show

Now, I'll get to the big discussion about scams this morning in a moment but first, we need to address something important. It finally dawned on Angi (what the rest of us have known for some time,) she is finally a grandma. No, not in the traditional sense of having a child who has a child but that's she old AF and blind as a bat. After attempting and failing to read a bottle of probiotics yesterday, Angi knew she needed some help. A little Google search found her what she had been seeking, which was the magnifier app on her phone. Though Abe knew of it, he had never been compelled to use it (more on that in a moment) but for Angi, it became essential. After an in-studio demonstration of it, Abe realized it would have been helpful in being able to read the serial number on his furnace the other day. Convinced that it was great, Abe is now adding it to his arsenal of apps next to Grindr, Scruff and Billy Bob's Poker Blog App. Though they were thrilled, Angi felt old because old people use something like this to read menus at a restaurant. This discovery also led to a moment of knowledge gathering as Angi wanted to hear about apps from the roadies she should have (that she wasn't already aware of. The assignment got a little muddled but still, the idea was in the right place.) Over on the Request Line, we first heard from Cheryl who talked about the level app that she uses all the time to hang things up. Angi already has it and uses it and if you want to too, find it on the iPhone under Measure. Trashman Tim called and said he uses Revive to make his pictures talk and sing songs. Amy said to download the sex offender search app to find them in your area (for the safety of both mother and child.) Eli uses an audio recorder app to make notes and lists. Angi uses hers daily as well for everything from excuses not to jump out the window to sending messages back and forth with Abe making fun of people. Levi loves Re83.com to search for real estate investments in Chicago. It has plenty of usage and ability and may be helpful in Angi's eventual summertime move. Greg said to use the Liquor Run app to find 40,000 liquor stores near you. Of course, the booze isn't being delivered so is there any point?

Onward to the big discussion topic of the day we go, which involves scams, scammers and being scammed. The inspiration for this deep dive into being ripped off comes from a principal that was fired for sending $100,000 to a scammer who said he was Elon Musk. After 4 months of talking and a promise of $6,000,000, the school was left holding an empty bag. Clearly, this woman is a moron falling for this obvious scam but some scams are hard to see past. For example, Angi once thought she had spent a couple hundred bucks on neimanmarcus.com but it was neimanmarcuss.com and she ended up getting trash shoes. Abe got ripped off by the Home Shopping Network when he bought a box of baseball cards that offered a chance at a Mickey Mantle but in reality, was a box of trash. As for myself, I was 12 and answered an ad in a local newspaper to work from home if I sent in $25 bucks, as did a friend. Needless to say, we lost our money and I lost my sense of trust that day. Now that we've aired our shame laundry, let's look at what the roadies had to add to this list (and there were a lot of them.) Joe fell for a cruise scam via phone and he flew down to Florida with his wife to discover there was no boat. His wife went nuts and smacked him around, they visited for a little bit and then she proceeded to smack him around again when home. Ralph fell for a "send us money and we'll send you a $10,000 prepaid Visa" scam, he was actually sent a $10 Visa. April was a bookkeeper for a doctor's office who opened an email scam and got the computer locked down and her bank accounts attempted to be broken into. We took a moment from the misery to talk about the Youtube page where hackers troll the scammers which is a nice way to get back at these scumbags. Anthony was scammed twice first in a Snapchat "give money, get money" scam and then he and his partner were scammed by their kids for "book fair" money using the old ask one, then the other. We paused again to look at more Angi & Abe schemes like the Pizza Hut Book-It reading that Abe never did and Angi getting as many CD's as she could from Columbia House and BMG (who didn't do this?) Jan set up a friend's bachelorette party and rented an AirBNB which turned out was not supposed to rented out. After the cops came and they were kicked out, they had to stay in a sketchy motel. Needless to say she paid through the nose to make up for it that weekend in Florida. Angi dealt with something similar, staying at one when she was asked not to leave reviews because it wasn't technically supposed to be rented out. Dan got pregnancy scammed while in the military. After sending money to the girl for the baby, he came home to find out that there wasn't one. Worse though was he did not get that money back. Mike's daughter was really into The Nightmare Before Christmas and he saw a 6 foot walking, talking Jack Skellington thing that normally cost $400. It seemed he got it for a steal for $70 bucks because he was sent a suction cup plushie in this obvious scam. Unlike the rest though, he attempted a refund and at least got $15 back. If you are looking for more roadie comments or have your own, hit up our FB group and read up or drop us a comment.

Finally, comedic actor Owen Wilson really loves The Rolling Stones but the same could not be said of him. He told a story the other night about how he got a lifetime concert pass from them only to have it revoked 24 hours later. We took a moment to squirrel brain and figure out what the pass actually would entail and how it would deal with sold out shows, etc before we learned why he lost it. He was at a show with a friend who knows Mick Jagger and that's how he got the pass. The issue was that while wandering around, he accidentally ended up on the stage during "Jumpin' Jack Flash." While that would be bad, it was made worse in that he was wearing all white and that itself is a massive distraction and so after that incident, his pass was revoked. In what seemed to be a good topic for mining (but went nowhere,) Angi asked Abe who he would want a lifetime pass to go see and he of course picked Guns N' Roses.

Request Wars 2.0

Champion: Abe (Streak: 1)

Angi's (repping Janet) Song Choice: "Chop Suey" by System of a Down

Abe's (repping Maria) Song Choice: "Tie Your Mother Down" by Queen

Smack Talk Recap:

Janet had her face rocked off by Metallica and wanted more rock. Maria wanted to see Queen and wanted to hear a Queen song. 

Winner: Angi

10 O' Clock Toast:

Opening Day.

Summer has officially arrived (by our estimate) as baseball is back. Go Sox, Go Cubs, Go hearing more Ozzie impressions for the next few months.

Show Quotes and Tidbits:

"I like San Diego, they have sea lions and everything." - Abe