An Evening With Jack

 


New Lenox, IL - Rainout today.  Bye next week.  See you all out at the Lion's Den on May 21st for a 7:30PM tilt against the Scrappers.


Noteables:

Give Yourself Up - OK, which one of you 5'10" hoodied clowns was running from the New Lenox police the other day?  I'm sure that whoever it was jumped in a car or an a motorbike to get away because most of you are not fast enough to outrun a sluggish cop.









May the Fourth Be With You - We might have a new variety show brewing, Wade & Stapes.  Both are seen after viewing The Phantom Menace at the Old Colony Theater on 63rd and Kedzie.  When asked what his favorite part of the movie was, Stapes blurted out; "Getting home in one piece from 63rd and Kedzie".  Hey, that's pretty succinct.  Glad y'all had a great time.








Out Here in the Fields - Kathy finally dumped Ken for Pete Townshend.  Wait, that's not Pete, it's Ken!  Kathy and Ken are seen in the green fields of Ireland as they continue on the world tour that started last December in Germany and now has them coming back to the states.  Join the launch of their next collection of songs, which will be called Who Is Paying the Bills.













Jack'd Up - Since there was no game tonight, the Gazette thought that you all might enjoy this 18 minute podcast that Trev put together for his Communications class.  His host is none other than, eh hem, Jack Schoenhofen.  See if you can pick up on the two bloopers that "Jack" made during the interview.  Maybe there are more but that is all that our staff editor, Carlos "Bad" Grammar, caught during his listening of the podcast.  Enjoy!   

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