WGRD 97.9 » jt http://wgrd.com Fri, 24 May 2013 18:36:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Time To Vote My Fellow Beer Lovers http://wgrd.com/time-to-vote-my-fellow-beer-lovers/ http://wgrd.com/time-to-vote-my-fellow-beer-lovers/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 12:28:45 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=169601 My fellow West Michiganians as the self proclaimed GRD Ambassador Of Craft Beer for Grand Rapids it is my duty to instill a sense of urgency and inspire you to exercise your right to vote.  Not so that cheating scheisters who thrive on broken promises can take hostage our esteemed political offices and certainly not for useless trivial Facebook polls like "What's your favorite whippy dip".

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]]> http://wgrd.com/wanna-help-build-an-ark-with-me/feed/ 0 Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images Pick My Top 8 And Win Pop Evil Tickets http://wgrd.com/pick-my-top-8-and-win-pop-evil-tickets/ http://wgrd.com/pick-my-top-8-and-win-pop-evil-tickets/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:25:28 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=157893 It's bracket time.  Once again I will enter our office pool here at the station (strictly done for entertainment purposes only mind you) and prepare for another year of humiliation.  Three things are guaranteed with my bracket.  Free Beer will beat me, Loose Wendy will beat me and somebody's Dog will beat me.

]]> http://wgrd.com/pick-my-top-8-and-win-pop-evil-tickets/feed/ 0 JT IMAGES JT Welcomes Oskar Blues Brewery To Town On The Liquid Lunch! http://wgrd.com/jt-welcomes-oskar-blues-brewery-to-town-on-the-liquid-lunch/ http://wgrd.com/jt-welcomes-oskar-blues-brewery-to-town-on-the-liquid-lunch/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:47:43 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=155509 As  a true lover of Pale Ale and IPA Beer I had the distinct honor and privilege of welcoming Oskar Blues Brewery to town recently.  The award winning line of quality canned excellence will be distributed locally here in GR by our friends at  Westside Beer.  This was my first experience with craft bee

]]> http://wgrd.com/jt-welcomes-oskar-blues-brewery-to-town-on-the-liquid-lunch/feed/ 0 JT IMAGES My Best Holiday Card…So Far http://wgrd.com/my-best-holiday-card-so-far/ http://wgrd.com/my-best-holiday-card-so-far/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:05:29 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=134197 Every year at this time I receive Holiday cards from bands and record label alike.  Most are general and common.  Some are warm & sincere.  Rarely though, do I get a chance to be taken aback and laugh out loud at the same time.  It happened this year with this holiday card from the band Seether.

]]> http://wgrd.com/my-best-holiday-card-so-far/feed/ 0 JT IMAGES JT's Things That make You Go Huh? http://wgrd.com/jts-things-that-make-you-go-huh/ http://wgrd.com/jts-things-that-make-you-go-huh/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:54:28 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=133943 First up is a product that makes men smell like meat.  On the market now is a new bacon-scented shaving cream.  I mean I like bacon as much as the next guy but spreading it all over my face and heading to work...huh?

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]]> http://wgrd.com/grds-annual-family-photos/feed/ 0 We like this one because we look like a bad ass rock band as opposed to a rag tag group of radio DJ's. JT Jams With Jackyl [VIDEO] http://wgrd.com/jt-jams-with-jackyl-video-2/ http://wgrd.com/jt-jams-with-jackyl-video-2/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:10:22 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=129321 Jackyl's coming to lay waste to our town once again. Look for em at the Intersection this Sunday night. Now if you have ever lay witness to a Jackyl party you already know what sort of drunken, whiskey-laden, destructive debauchery takes place. I got to witness it first hand on stage with the band after getting to sit in and play "She Loves My Cock" and The "Lumberjack" song. Watch the vid and see for yourself just how quickly things can get out of hand!

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]]> http://wgrd.com/testament-hits-the-intersection-in-feb-photo/feed/ 0 Photo by Dave Etheridge-Barnes/Getty Images Lettuce Stomping Episode Isn't Only Reason I Quit Fast Food http://wgrd.com/lettuce-stomping-episode-isnt-only-reason-i-quit-fast-food/ http://wgrd.com/lettuce-stomping-episode-isnt-only-reason-i-quit-fast-food/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:57:05 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=96567 The recent lettuce stomping episode at a fast food joint only reinforced my staunch stance against eating at poorly run fast food joints.  My phobia began last year when after a late night of.....um, work.  I decided to stop by my local fast food restaurant and destroy some munchie cravings.  Upon pulling up to the window I discovered employees of the establishment chucking handfuls of food at each other.

]]> http://wgrd.com/lettuce-stomping-episode-isnt-only-reason-i-quit-fast-food/feed/ 0 Photo by China Photos/Getty Images Kid Rock & Badass Beer Needs To Go All Bad Ass On Somebody! http://wgrd.com/kid-rock-badass-beer-needs-to-go-all-bad-ass-on-somebody/ http://wgrd.com/kid-rock-badass-beer-needs-to-go-all-bad-ass-on-somebody/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:16:44 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=86301 Well,  I thought the news I received from my wife that my son had set a full cooler of drinks on my Nike golf driver was devastating enough that was, until I found out my supply of Badass Beer was gonna dry up soon

]]> http://wgrd.com/kid-rock-badass-beer-needs-to-go-all-bad-ass-on-somebody/feed/ 0 JT's Bar Fight Etiquette http://wgrd.com/jts-bar-fight-etiquette/ http://wgrd.com/jts-bar-fight-etiquette/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:59:24 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=85433 I saw an article in the Daily News about a guy who decided he was gonna antagonize a group of bar patrons after they've all had a load to drink.  The guy ended up getting his ass kicked pretty badly all because he made ONE silly mistake in his

]]> http://wgrd.com/jts-bar-fight-etiquette/feed/ 0 Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images How My First Encounter With Slash Ended In Disaster http://wgrd.com/how-my-first-encounter-with-slash-ended-in-disaster/ http://wgrd.com/how-my-first-encounter-with-slash-ended-in-disaster/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 18:28:50 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=80236 I had been pretty excited about meeting one of my fellow guitar brethren.  Note my pretentiousness despite the fact my "guitar" career was a dismal failure. So when we were offered a chance to have Slash at our GRD studios to sit in with Free Beer & Hot Wings I jumped at it.  I surely didn't expect my first encounter with Slash to end up like this.

]]> http://wgrd.com/how-my-first-encounter-with-slash-ended-in-disaster/feed/ 0 JT Interviews My Darkest Days At BOB Acoustic Performance [VIDEO] http://wgrd.com/jt-interviews-my-darkest-days-at-bob-acoustic-performance-video/ http://wgrd.com/jt-interviews-my-darkest-days-at-bob-acoustic-performance-video/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 19:16:54 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=76741 The guys in My Darkest Days took some time when they were in town recently to give our listeners an intimate acoustic performance at the BOB.  Before they played I had the chance to ask em a few questions about how it is to work with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, the near fatal accident they experienced last year while on the road and I ask perhaps the the dumbest question in radio history - find out what that was by watching the vid

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"Happy Earth Day Polluter" was the greeting delivered by one of my neighbors out walking his mangy mutt.  "Yeah, stick it" I coughed back.  The source of his accusation was my gas trimmer of course and  anybody who lives within a 25 sq mile radius of my home knows why the charges were thrown my way.

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]]> http://wgrd.com/am-i-wearing-the-ugliest-shirt-youve-ever-seen/feed/ 0 JT Images From The Bar Stool: Crazy Cross-dressing Creepy Weirdo Guy Does Weird Things http://wgrd.com/from-the-bar-stool-do-you-enjoy-packing-another-mans-fudge-while-wearing-high-heals-my-boss-jt-probably-does-hahahahaha/ http://wgrd.com/from-the-bar-stool-do-you-enjoy-packing-another-mans-fudge-while-wearing-high-heals-my-boss-jt-probably-does-hahahahaha/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:16:51 +0000 Dahmer http://wgrd.com/?p=61417 I'm no stranger to weird nights drinking at various Grand Rapids establishments and I hear a ton of messed up crap! This is one of those tales. It's another edition of From the Bar Stool. A couple chicks I ended up drinking with the other night told me about this creepy guy. Any of you creepy guys looking for creepy gay anonymous highway rest stop sex? Yuk! But if you are, look this guy up!

]]> http://wgrd.com/from-the-bar-stool-do-you-enjoy-packing-another-mans-fudge-while-wearing-high-heals-my-boss-jt-probably-does-hahahahaha/feed/ 0 JT Jams With Jackyl (VIDEO) NSFW http://wgrd.com/jt-jams-with-jackyl-video/ http://wgrd.com/jt-jams-with-jackyl-video/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:17:27 +0000 JT http://wgrd.com/?p=38870 I had one of those rare once-in-a-lifetime experiences last night joining Jackyl on stage for "She Loves My Cock" and "The Lumberjack".   Now a Jackyl show is no ordinary concert experience as witnessed by hundreds last night at The Intersection and by thousands at Wingstock 2010. As many Jackyl regulars already know, things can get out of hand at any moment and well....they do.

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