Erykah Badu’s new music video for her song “Window Seat” is getting some buzz!  If you haven’t heard or seen it yet, she walks around the streets of Dallas and slowly takes off all of her clothes. Now, to shoot a music video in Dallas, you must get a permit, and according to the police, no such permit was given. If an officer had seen her disrobing, she could have been arrested for misdemeanor indecent exposure, which, since there were children around, could have carried a maximum penalty of a year in prison and / or a $4,000 fine.

Here’s a couple of recipes from one of our site sponsors, Frank’s Redhot Wings Sauce.

Buffalo Chicken Wings

Servings: 6 to 8 servings

Prep Time: 10 min.

Cook Time: 20 min.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 1/2 lbs. chicken wing pieces
• 3/4 cup any flavor FRANK’S® REDHOT® Wings Sauce

DIRECTIONS:

BAKE wings in foil-lined pan at 500 °F on lowest oven rack for 20 to 25 min. until crispy, turning once.
TOSS wings in sauce to coat.

TIPS:

Tip: You may substitute 1/2 cup FRANK’S™ REDHOT™ Sauce mixed with 1/3 cup melted butter for the Wings Sauce.

Alternate Cooking Directions: Deep-fry at 375°F for 10 min.

Broil 6-inches from heat 15 to 20 min., turning once.

Grill over medium heat 20 to 25 min., turning often.

BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP

Servings: 4 cups dip

Prep Time: 5 min.

Cook Time: 20 min.

INGREDIENTS:

• 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup blue cheese or ranch salad dressing
• 1/2 cup any flavor FRANK’S™ REDHOT™ Sauce
• 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese or shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 cans (12.5 oz. each) SWANSON™ White Premium Chunk Chicken Breast in Water, drained

DIRECTIONS:

• HEAT oven to 350°F. Place cream cheese into deep baking dish. Stir until smooth.
• MIX in salad dressing, Frank’s RedHot Sauce and cheese. Stir in chicken.
• BAKE 20 min. or until mixture is heated through; stir. Garnish as desired. Serve with crackers or vegetables.

On Saturday I had to do some “work” and head to the Agganis Arena over at Boston University to grab what us radio folks call “liners” from Chris Daughtry.  Liners are those little things you hear on the radio that say something like “Hey this is Chris Daughtry and your listening to 93-7 Mike-FM”.

I was scheduled to record with Chris and his bass player J.P. at 2:45 PM which ended up to be a last minute problem as my son had 3 Lacrosse games in Lexington during the same time frame.  Once my 8 year old daughter Libbie heard about this, she and her friend Mia just had to come with me to “help”.  I didn’t realize how big of fans they were of his, but was happy to bring them along figuring they could probably at least get a picture with him if we were lucky.

When we arrived at the venue I met up with Paul who works for the record label.  Once he saw that I had my daughter and her friend with me, he said there may be a slight problem due to security procedures and they may not let her and her friend in.  I knew there was a chance something like that could happen, but was hoping it would all work out.  It wasn’t like I brought some stranger I met at Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits.  Great…I just had to use Popeye’s as an example.  Now I want to go over by Fenway and grab some.  If it wasn’t raining I would so go…but anyway…this is about Daughtry and not my love of Popeye’s.  So back to my little story…

(Libbie, Mia and the stuffed animal waiting for Chris & J.P. backstage)

About 10 minutes later, Chris and J.P. walked by with their security team and as they went by my daughter and her friend, they all said some form of “hello” and “hey ladies”.  Both of the girls’ faces had the biggest smiles on them.  They were as big as the smile on Marcia Brady’s face when Davey Jones showed up at the Brady Bunch house to play at the Prom.

Once Chris was done with the other guy there that was getting audio, Paul called me over.  I told the girls to follow me, but to stay off to the side and watch.  This was the moment of truth.  Either I was going to have 2 happy little girls or 2 very sad girls in about 5 minutes.

As I was introduced to Chris and J.P., Chris looked over and asked if the girls were with me.  I said yes, that 1 was my daughter and the other was her friend.  He quickly said “Why are they over there.  Come over here and be a part of the crew girls”.  It was by far the nicest thing he could’ve said besides can I give you a million dollars!  Their faces turned red as Chris and J.P. shook both of their hands, told them how nice it was to meet them both and then they talked about the stuffed animal my daughter was holding.  They even knew what movie it was from and everything.  Here I am a few days later and I still have no idea what movie Mr. Deveroux (or whatever his name is) was from!  The point is, they cared enough about two eight year olds they had never met before to take a few minutes and interact with them.

After both Chris and J.P. read the lines I had for them, I asked if I could grab a quick picture of them with the girls.  Both guys said yes, and even thought the picture should be back over by the backdrop so it would look nicer!  After I snapped the picture, both Chris and J.P. took a glance at it to make sure it looked ok, gave me a handshake and then did the same to both girls and thanked “them” for coming!  Yes, thanked Libbie and Mia for coming to meet THEM! 

I must tell you, I was a bit shocked.  I’ve been playing in this business called radio since I was 13 years old.  Most of the time, as odd as this may seem, celebrities do not take the time to do these things.  You are lucky if you can get a quick picture, but never the kind of 1 on 1 interaction that Chris and J.P. gave to my daughter.  They are big time stars and it was truly nice of them to do what they did.

(Chris..yes, with hair..Libbie, Mia & J.P)

They were genuinely nice guys and that meant so much to me as a father.   So much so that I did something I have not done in years.  I bought their CD “Leave this Town” on the way home (Click Here for info on their CD).  Working in radio, I hear music all of the time.  It isn’t that I don’t want to buy a CD, it’s just that where I work they play music all day so I am always getting to hear things.  But I walked away from this with an appreciation for both Chris and J.P. and the music of Daughtry.  I felt that they were a band I would want to support personally and by buying their CD, (even though it is a small token of appreciation to them I’m sure as they will sell millions of records without me), it was my way of saying “thank you”.

Thinking back to the days Chris was on American Idol, he did always come off as a nice guy.  Fame and stardom have a way of changing people.  It is nice to see that Chris is still Chris and cares about his fans, especially the little ones.  I didn’t know of J.P. before Saturday, but for being a rock star in a popular band, he was just as cool.  So, thanks to both of you for making 2 little girls smile and giving them a memory they will never forget.  You have 3 lifelong fans now.

Every office loves to do the bracket contests this time of year.  My office just decided about an hour ago to fill me in on our little bracket contest and take my $5 from me to enter.  I admit, I know NOTHING about College Basketball except that it allows me to waste an hour at work filling out my bracket!

I really have no strategy.  I go more off of rankings and when I’m stuck,  how much I like their Football program.  When it came to picking who would win between Tennessee and Ohio St., I know Ohio St. will beat Tennessee football any day of the week.  See, easy enough.

Check out my picks and let me know what you think.  Again, I will not pretend I know anything about this!  If I would’ve had a days notice, I would’ve had my 14 year old son (who LOVES College Basketball…and just Basketball in general) make my picks for me.

Here is the link to my picks:  http://blogsnew.937mikefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/NCAA_Pool.jpg  Did I do ok or should I just toss my sheet out now and say goodbye to my $5.  I could get a Popeye’s lunch for that so I hope I win something!  Oh, and be quiet about my poor hand writting.  They don’t really give you much space to write this stuff.  I work in radio, not the factory where they write out the bible by hand.

I think we need to come up with more office time-wasters like this.  If you have any ideas, let me know and please invite me to participate…for my blogging purposes only!

I was so happy today to wake up and it wasn’t raining! That means that I could actually drive to work without the craziness of yesterday, or so I thought!

Yesterday I thought I would scoot out of here a little early so I could make a 6PM appointment. I figured if I left by 4:20, I would be in great shape and that would allow for some traffic (because traffic ALWAYS appears when I drive…kind of like in The Truman Show). Well, was I wrong!

I was in traffic from our little slice of heaven here in The New Balance Building to where the Alewife station is on Rt. 2 for almost 2 hours alone! And to top it off, when I left our building, I had 20 miles until empty. I thought I could get gas in Concord as there would be no traffic there. HAHA. By the time I hit Alewife, I had 8 miles until empty! Just from sitting in non-moving traffic, I burned all that good gas up! And, I didn’t have a drink or anything snacks to get me through my boredom! I can’t tell you how I wanted to just pull over and take a little nap, but had the fear some silly goose would either crash into my car (because I’m a magnet for people hitting my car) or try to steal me and hold me for ransom (and I really couldn’t think of many people who would pay to get me back except for 1 of my friends, but he is broke). So I decided to just continue to move forward listening to MIKE-FM and singing along to the music like I was on stage at Gillette Stadium.

When I finally approached Alewife, I could see the lanes were merging into 1. I prayed that once I merged and moved through that, traffic would lighten up a bit and I would be on my way. Wrong again! After taking my car through a little swim at the Rt. 2/Alewife Pond (see picture below) I ended up back in more traffic!

(A view of the Rt. 2/Alewife Pond from my dashboard)

Things continued to move at a snails pace and I was starting to get a bit concerned about my little fuel situation.  I was down to 4 miles until empty…and wouldn’t that be my extremely great luck to run out of gas on Rt 2, in the rain, by myself with all of the very helpful cars just passing by me, beeping for me to get out of their way!  Thankfully I “rolled” into the Mobil station by Rt2 and the Concord Turnpike and gave my car a nice big drink of gas!

After the fill-up and my disappointment there were no hot dogs left inside, I continued on my journey back to the lovely town of Pepperell.  It was amazing at how many roads were closed and flooded!  It felt like the big bucket of water inside the water park at Canobie Lake Park just dumped onto the area over and over again!  How could so many little drops of rain add up to this mess?

(Picture of the Canobie Lake Water Park for the 4 of you in Alaska who have never been here)

Thank god I have DPS or I never would’ve found my way back.  The road crews and Police didn’t have time to put detour signs up, so people were just cruising down random roads “hoping” that it would lead to somewhere other than where they just came from!  Eventually….almost 4 hours later….I found myself home!  I was so happy my ride was over and I could just get out of my car!

Trying to get back to work today was just as fun, except it was not raining.  Roads were still closed, bodies of water were formed where there was land 2 days before, and I didn’t have time to get breakfast from my favorite little place called The Spa.  Not sure why I tossed in I couldn’t get breakfast….it wasn’t like I had roads to fix…I just didn’t want to get out of my car I guess in fear that they would close down more roads and I would have to take a short cut through Rhode Island to get to Boston. But now that I’m thinking about it…I do love The Spa.  They make the best home fries, grilled bagels, bacon, eggs……now I’m really getting upset!  I want my breakfast even if it is 3PM and I’m in Boston!  Sorry…didn’t mean to get off track.

(The Pepperell Spa makes the BEST breakfast)

So why am I telling you all of this?  I’m not sure.  It was a good way for me to kill some time around here while all the important people are in meetings.  And for you, it gave you something to do besides working!  Plus, if you were lucky and dry…then you can feel my pain!  If anything, you learned The Spa in Pepperell has the best breakfast and now I gave you something to do this weekend…..when the roads open back up!

Oh well…time to play some Peggle.  Feel free to share your little driving in the rain stories below if you want.  I can’t imagine I was the only one who hated driving in it!  And I feel bad for the people who have flooded basements! 

There seems to be some controversy over a new  Bret Michaels song called “Nothin’ to Lose”.   It features 17-year-old Miley Cyrus on back-up vocals and it’s about a romance, so some of the lyrics are a little sexy.  Bret, who is 46 years old,  says all the outrage is ridiculous and said  “The part where it says she slowly gets undressed, Miley says, ‘Yeah she does.’  It has no reference to her and I.  It’s not even a duet. As God is my witness, there is nothing I have to be defensive about.  I’m a good Dad”.  Bret also added that Mileys 1st concert ever was Poison and that now, he takes his kids to her concerts. 

So what do you think?  Is it appropriate for Miley to be singing these backup lyrics?  Does age matter in a song like this?  Listen to the song below, and then post your comments.