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PODCAST – Monday, April 19: Chaz And AJ’s Mafia Nicknames; Dumb Ass News; Cryptocurrency

Prince Philip’s funeral was this past weekend, Chaz and AJ talked about William and Harry, the cool, custom Land Rover designed by Philip that carried his casket, and the topless streaker that crashed the moment of silence. (0:00)

Dumb Ass News – Drunk men in France decided to inject each others’ penises, hoping to make them grow bigger. AJ was then asked about his recent medical adventure, and if he’d be willing to help members of the show if they needed help in the same area. (17:13)

Gianni Russo, a former mobster who also appeared in The Godfather, was on to talk about mafia nicknames, and everyone on the show took an internet quiz to figure out what their mob call sign would be. (24:39)

Dr. Kilic from Quinnipiac University was on to try and help Chaz and AJ understand cryptocurrency, and how to know when is the right time to buy or invest. It unraveled pretty quickly into a hilarious shouting match between Chaz and the professor. (30:40)

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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Monday, April 19

6:00. The topless woman at Prince Phillips funeral.

6:13. The sound of a family being attacked by a rabid bobcat.

6:20 – 7:00. When nature attacks.

7:13. Dumb Ass News. Drunk men inject each other’s penis. For what.

7:20 – 8:00. Killer Karaoke. Bev and Bob are back.

8:00. Feels like we’ve had a dozen mass shootings in the last few weeks. Does anyone know why? Dr John is on to explain.

8:13 – 9:00. Mob guy Monday with Gianni Russo. Inside the mafia induction ceremony.

9:00. Crypto currency’s wild ride this week with Prof. Osman Kilic from Quinnipiac University.

Also…Help the victims of animal cruelty and neglect!! “Bikers Against Animal Cruelty” is going to hold a great online event with Pet Candles! If you want to purchase candles that will help animals, please click HERE! 20% will come directly to B.A.A.C. when our name is entered into the field for donations from April 16-30

9:13. Dumb Ass News. A city votes to remove a noose from its logo. How did that vote go?

Throwback Concert: John Entwistle at Toad’s Place 2001

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2001!

That year PLR welcomed The John Entwistle Band to Toad’s Place. John “The Ox” Entwistle, best known as the bassist and a founding member of The Who, hit the road in 2001 to support his band’s studio album “Music from Van-Pires,” released in 2000. Sadly it would be his final solo album before his death in 2002. His show at Toad’s would also be his final Connecticut show.

The John Entwistle Band

Special Guests: Flames and the Eclectic Nobodys

Tuesday October 23, 2001

Toad’s Place in New Haven, Connecticut

Ticket Prices: $17.50 advance / $20 door

Band Lineup: John Entwistle (vocals/bass), Steve Luongo (drums/vocals), Godfrey Townsend (guitar/vocals), Alan St. Jon (keyboards)

Setlist*

My Generation (The Who song)
Sparks (The Who song)
Young Man Blues (Mose Allison cover)
Success Story (The Who song)
Trick of the Light (The Who song)
Had Enough (The Who song)
The Real Me (The Who song)
Boris The Spider (The Who song)
Keyboard solo
The Star-Spangled Banner (John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key cover)
Shakin’ All Over (Johnny Kidd and The Pirates cover)
My Wife (The Who song)
Heaven and Hell (The Who song)
Long Live Rock (The Who song)

*source: setlist.fm

Check out these live clips of John Entwistle from 2001

Photos: Drive In Concert featuring Motley2

We had a great time at the Milford Performance Center’s Drive In Concert featuring “Motley2” playing the best of Motley Crue at the Connecticut Post Mall Parking Lot!

Check out all the great upcoming drive in concerts this spring at www.milfordperformancecenter.org.

PODCAST – Friday, April 16: AJ Plays Shock Collar “Operation”; Fun Fact Friday; How Do You Pronounce Norfolk?

Dumb Ass News – A woman believed she was engaged to Prince Harry. The story takes a turn, when everyone realizes they don’t even know Harry’s full name. (0:00)

Somehow, AJ has never played the board game “Operation” before. Chaz made sure to fix that, but with a twist: every time AJ failed, he ALSO got a shock from a shock collar. (8:59)

So, snow now in mid-April? Sure. Chaz and AJ talk about the pictures on Twitter of multiple inches of snow on the ground in Ellington, Mooseup and Norfolk. Norfolk residents quickly texted the show to tell everyone they were pronouncing the name of the show incorrectly. (20:43)

After the Norfolk snafu, Fun Fact Friday was dominated by the Tribe calling in other words commonly mispronounced, including Ashley’s take on “costume.” (36:28)

Boss Keith’s Top 5 was back in person, after making a full recovery from his J&J vaccination hangover. These are the 5 things he wants everyone to agree with him about. (47:03)

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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Friday, April 16

5:30. Mitch, the King of the Nerds, Top 10 Superpowers:

1. Flying

2. Invisibility

3. X-ray vision

4. Super speed

5. Super strength

6. Climb walls

7. Time travel

8. Mind-reading

9. Talk to animals/fish

10. Immortality

6:00. If you got your two Pfizer’s shots. You’re not done.

6:13. AJ may be the most Flubble-ist radio personality in the history of radio.

6:20. The revenge of AJ. He will reveal the cause of his flubbles. It’s not his fault. Parody song.

7:00. Life skills that we should have learned in school.

7:13. Dumb Ass news. Woman believed she was engaged to Prince Harry.

7:20 – 8:00. AJ plays operation for the first time in his life. But there’s a catch.

8:00. The Government is taking the vaccine to the next level.

8:13 – 9:00. Fun Fact Friday.

9:13. Dumb Ass News. The week in flubbles.

9:20. Boss Keith’s Top 5 things we should agree on.

Throwback Concert: U2 at New Haven Coliseum 1987

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1987!

That year PLR welcomed U2 to New Haven Coliseum. U2 hit the road in 1987 to support their fifth studio album “The Joshua Tree,” which featured major hits like With or Without You, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Where The Streets Have No Name and In God’s Country. Joining them at the Coliseum was special guest Mason Ruffner.

U2’s New Haven show occurred between two stadium shows. The night before they played in front of 55,000+ in Foxborough and two nights later over 86,000 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. At the time U2 was perhaps the biggest rock band in the world. New Haven Coliseum’s 10,500 capacity was one of the smaller venues on their North American Tour. It’s believed that their stop in New Haven was U2’s way of saying “thank you” to the city that first welcomed them with open arms on their very first tour in the United States in 1980.

Tour: The Joshua Tree

Special Guest: Mason Ruffner

Wednesday September 23, 1987

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Ticket Price: $14.50

Band Lineup: Bono (vocals), The Edge (guitar), Adam Clayton (bass), Larry Mullen Jr. (drums)

Setlist*

Where The Streets Have No Name
I Will Follow
Trip Through Your Wires
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
MLK
The Unforgettable Fire
Bullet the Blue Sky
Running to Blue Sky
Exit
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Help! (The Beatles cover)
Helter Skelter (The Beatles cover)
Bad
October
New Year’s Day
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl (encore)
With or Without You (encore)
40 (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

Check out these live clips of U2 in 1987

50 Years, 50 Albums 1987: Guns ‘N Roses ‘Appetite for Destruction’

This is the third debut album in our Hall of Fame. Guns ‘N Roses Appetite for Destruction. Released in July of 1987 when hair metal bands were dominating rock station charts, we all thought that this was just another hair band out of L.A. That’s until you dropped the needle on cut one, side one and got your head blown off by “Welcome to the Jungle.” No, this was not another hair band out of L.A. but a straight-ahead hard rocking band. It wasn’t until the following year that this album became a massive commercial success with songs like the aforementioned “Mr. Brownstone” to the showstopper “Paradise City” and the classic “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” Add along “Rocket Queen,” Nightrain” and “My Michelle,” you have the best-selling debut album of all time, as well the 11th best-selling album of all time in the United States. At this time, we would like to induct Guns ‘N Roses’ Appetite for Destruction into the WPLR Hall of Fame.

Learn more about the album:

Guns N’ Roses Conquered the Rock World with Appetite for Destruction

25 Things You Might Not Know About Appetite For Destruction

Smack, strippers and Guns N’ Roses: the chaotic road to Appetite For Destruction

Essential video:

Listen to the album:

PODCAST – Thursday, April 15: The Latest In Ashley’s Worn Sock Selling Saga; Dumb Ass News; Jimmy Koplik’s Top ’80s Albums

Ashley agreed last week to sell her used socks to Adam, for some decent money. The deal was for her to wear the same pair, every day for a week, and then send to him without washing them. Of course Ashley decided to break a bunch of the agreed-upon parameters. (0:00)

Dumb Ass News – There is a new sponsor for Dumb Ass News! Chaz and AJ were listening to the new production sent over by the voice guy, and couldn’t get over how many sound effects he uses. (13:58)

93-year-old Flo called in to share some poems she wrote, and talk about her life growing up during the Hoover presidency, and without any indoor plumbing. (24:23)

Jimmy Koplik of Live Nation had an update on concerts in Connecticut, and the last hurdles the state needs to clear before he can start selling tickets again. Then, Chaz and AJ had him finish his list of the greatest albums from the 1980’s. (35:16)

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The Local Bands Show 04/18/21

Join Rick Allison and Frank Critelli every Sunday at 10pm for “The Local Bands Show” on 99.1 PLR!

Send your original music to [email protected] or The Local Bands Show, 70 Quarry Dock Road, Branford, CT 06405

Check out the bands that will be featured this Sunday….

The Bandidos – Big Tomatoes
Big Fat Combo – Hale Bop
The Zambonis – Away Game
The Bargain – You’re Still Alive
Laundry Day – Hey, How’s Heaven?
Green Light – Comin’ For Ya
Light Warriors – One
SG Carlson & The Tines – Rough Jazz
Steve Cropper w/ Roger Creale – The Go-Getter Is Gone

Support your Local Bands!

Support Local Businesses who support Local Bands…

New England Brewing – 175 Amity Road, Woodbridge

Brian’s Guitars – 453 W. Main Street, Cheshire