I wanted to do a turkey drop this year until the Peak staff showed me this classic episode of WKRP.

Advice from me.

Don't be the dork that drives away with drinks, calculators, papers, phone, wallet, PDA, or briefcase on top of his car. Consider this free advice your public service announcement from me, Peakerman.

Sorry, 24 fans, but this guy totally licks Jack Bauer!

I have very few heroes, but David Caruso with these one liners...now that is hard to beat. He's almost as cool as me.

Give thanks, give blood, save lives and get Phoenix Symphony tickets!

You know, it's not a bad deal. We should all be giving blood if we can do so! Now we're actually getting bribed with tickets to see the Phoenix Symphony and when is that last time you went there? Blood and music are vital to our Peakerhead community so hop to it! Details are below:

United Blood Services, Arizona’s largest non-profit community blood provider, has partnered with The Phoenix Symphony for a special Thanksgiving event to build blood supplies. The collaboration was announced today to encourage the public to “Give a Lifesaving Performance” by donating blood November 22 - 27. Every donor will receive a voucher for two tickets to a Phoenix Symphony performance.

Thanksgiving is the longest extended holiday weekend of the year for many donors, making it one of the most difficult times of the year to meet patient blood needs. In Arizona, more than 700 blood donors are needed every day. United Blood Services, which provides 92 percent of Valley blood supplies, is asking people to take just one hour out of their holiday plans to save lives by giving blood. “As we celebrate our health and well-being with family, it is important to remember that patients are relying on a plentiful blood supply so that they can celebrate another holiday with their families as well,” said Audrey Gietzen, Executive Director for United Blood Services/Arizona.

The Phoenix Symphony’s annual Thanksgiving partnership with United Blood Services began in 2002. Over the past four years, the campaign has inspired nearly 9,000 people to donate blood during the holiday week. “We look forward to using our resources to encourage the gift of life,” said Maryellen Gleason, President and CEO for The Phoenix Symphony. “We understand why this time of year is so critical for Arizona hospital patients and treasure the opportunity to bring music to blood donors in appreciation for saving lives.”

For an appointment to give blood at any of the following United Blood Services locations, donors may call 1-877-448-GIVE (4483) toll-free or visit their website.

Valley Mall Locations:

Fri. & Sat., Nov. 24 & 25, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Fiesta Mall -- Bus at Entry 2 near Sears

Paradise Valley Mall -- Bus at North Patio between the Food Court and Parking Garage

Superstition Springs Center -- Bus at entry between Sears and Mervyn’s

United Blood Services Donor Centers

Wed. – Mon., Nov. 22 - 27
Days & Hours Vary. Appointments are recommended.

Chandler -- 1987 W. Elliot Rd., #33 (Elliot & Dobson)

Glendale -- 18583 N. 59th Ave. (59th Ave. & Union Hills)

Mesa -- 1337 S. Gilbert Rd., #101 (Gilbert & Hampton)

Phoenix -- 5757 N. Black Canyon Hwy. (I-17 & Bethany Home Rd.)
3227 E. Bell Rd., #D-270 (Bell & 32nd St.)
2929 N. 75th Ave., #5 (75th Ave. & Thomas)

Scottsdale
1405 N. Hayden Rd. (Hayden & McDowell)
15170 N. Hayden Rd., #6 (Hayden & 83rd Pl.)

Alice's Restaurant Alert!

It's that time of year again...you can catch Alice's Restaurant this Sunday morning between 7-10am on the Acoustic Storm.



Here are the lyrics so you can sing along.



At 18:20, this thing is longer than Paradise by the Dashboard Light and Inagoddadavida!



Well, it's a Thanksgiving tradition and Jeff Parets is playing the song on the Acoustic Storm this Sunday morning. So Happy Thanksgiving. And remember: you can get whatever you want at Alice's Restaurant.

A Peakerhead Stones Experience…or how I went to see the Stones and ended up in the men’s room.

Heather here. Thought I'd take over Peakerman's blog for a second with some of my deep thoughts and horrible camera phone photos!



I took my boyfriend as my hot date last night to see the Stones because he’d never seen them before. (This is probably something I should have asked about before it got serious, right?)

So began our love-to-hate affair with Cardinals Stadium, or whatever it is supposed to be called. I can’t keep up. I know Glendale wanted some love in a big way, but this is ridiculous. Did anyone stop to think about how hard it would be to make it to a 7:00 concert on the West side of town in traffic? Apparently not, but what’s done is done.

Note to faithful concert-going Peakerheads: take off an hour or so early from work when going to see a concert at the new Cardinals Stadium.

We left at 5:00 pm to get on the 101 at Cave Creek and ended up taking surface streets the whole way there and managed to have a quick bite at Sweet Tomatoes before the show. Because nothing says rock n’ roll like a salad.

Before I bash the new stadium too much, I will say its stock goes back up in my mind every time I think of the free parking. Even if the guys ushering us to the parking made us park way out at 77 East when there were plenty of available spots much closer. Ticket-taking, frisking and purse-searching took forever and that’s when I realized the Stadium had employed all of Sun City.

Note to Cardinals Stadium’s HR department: Snowbirds come here to spend their retirement money. We are not supposed to give them jobs.

We were then having a hard time trying to make it to our seats in 222 when my boyfriend -- to his credit -- asked for directions. The Stadium guy we asked told us to take the elevator at “the next tunnel.” So we walked down the next tunnel, which ended in me getting a peek at some urinals and a high-five from a guy who was making fun of me for being in the men’s room.

Fast forward to finally making it to our seats and the first notes of No More Mr. Nice Guy and me feeling like a school girl as I finally got to see Alice Cooper do a true arena-rock show. I’ve seen Alice only in small venues around town, so this was the ultimate treat.

Sound was awesome, the roof was open, and Alice was fantastic doing Lost in America, Dirty Diamonds, Poison, School’s Out, Billion Dollar Babies and more. He even had some demonic dancing girls, which I think should be at any concert, anywhere. He played for about an hour and I was just struck by his energy and theatrical persona on stage. I hope to see him play Cardinals Stadium again soon!

I wonder if he went out golfing today and how his game was?



Then there were the Stones! Ah, how I love going to see the Stones and I hadn’t gone in probably about eight years. You know when you’re going to see the Stones that the show will be a perfect entertainment spectacle. My boyfriend and I were just in awe of the setup alone before the show even began. I knew all it would take for me to get some satisfaction was to hear Start Me Up and we did.

They were right on musically, as my bassist boyfriend pointed out like the overgrown band nerd he is. And the sound. Oh, that sound. I thought the place sounded great and again, I was sitting in 222, so if your experience differed, let me know. There was really no better way to break in the Valley’s newest concert hall than with the Stones. There is a God, and he or she rocks.



My longtime love and admiration for Keith Richards was renewed last night as well. I think Larry Rodgers of the Arizona Republic says it best when he says Richards could be Johnny Depp’s father in Pirates of the Caribbean.

He was the same old Keith -- I still couldn’t understand much of what he was saying into the microphone. But his charisma was clearly apparent, cigarette hanging from his lips as he played his guitar as though the simple act of playing his song were fixing every ill in the free world and beyond.

Mick Jagger, King of the Baby-Daddies, was in stellar form as he bounced around the stage like the contents of Anna Nicole Smith's bra trying to settle. It was clear to me the Stones are still not settling down into grandfather-hood without a fight. Ticket sales were rough for this show, so I don’t see them doing another tour next year. But if they did, they’d still have enough juice to put on a good show like they did last night.

Loved the stage, have no idea how you got to sit within the stage structure itself to see the show. I’m not sure I would have wanted to sit there because I think those people missed the pyrotechnics and only got to see the Stones’ backs. Plus, they were definitely getting robbed when the Stones carted the stage down the catwalk to the other end of the stadium mid-show. The video screen they had in the center of the stage -- now that was the Bigger Bang! Think during the off-season Mick fires it up at home to watch home videos of all his kids and their supermodel moms?

Share your thoughts, add your own review; this is a blog afterall!

That’s it for me, Heather. Thankyoufalettinme be myself. Again.

Heather AT 987thepeak.com

Mr. Peakerman's e-mail tip #73:

I know this is a lot coming from a guy who has his assistant read his e-mail and reply for him. So I'll let the very funny Mark Day take over from here.

Billy Joe's guitar

Here's everything you wanted to know about the guitar Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day uses. I think I'll buy one in each color.