The Schloss-Blog is getting back to normal, whatever that is. After last week's "Interview With The (Trump) Juror," an exclusive, we're focusing on what's going on all around, like: Dan Hurley turning down the Lakers; TikTok going to war with Chipotle; the Pope going "frociaggine" again; and the four Tops lead singer being declared "delusional." No, really.
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The Pope has done it again, gone all "frociaggine" again, using the vulgar term for a second time in just a few weeks in a reference to gays.
In other words, he's 87 and thinks he's Donald Trump.
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Do you eat at Chipotle? Do you like it? Getting your money's worth?
Some people who would say "yes" and "yes" to the first two are definitely saying "no" to the third.
Youthful social-media users and especially influencers are turning to TikTok to yip and yap about the portions of food they say they're not getting at the popular quick-service Mexican chain. They take videos of foods they've ordered from the chain, plant them across the front seats of their cars and taste and fire away.
Among them Keith Lee, @saneeats and @lukefoods have millions of followers who eat up (pun intended) their blow-by-blow, bite-by-gooey-bite reviews of popular fast-food dishes they glomp through with relish (and other condiments).
Millions of followers watching "influencers" sloppily gorge through well-known chains' most-popular servings, dishing up slop (pun intended again) with every finger-licking (or otherwise) bite in the way of reviews that Anthony Bourdain never would've entertained.
In all my years as a foodservice and restaurant marketing writer and editor, I never saw this coming but would've loved to write about it.
Yeah, I could've been an influencer's influencer. And hopefully, you would've eaten it up (get it, eaten it up?). Hah!
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UConn head basketball coach Dan Hurley, current two-time defending national champion, will not coach the LA Lakers next year.
They reportedly offered him in excess of $10 million a year to babysit LeBron and A.D.
It's a lot different coaching in the NBA than in the NCAA. Just ask the many who have tried it. Jerry Tarkanian. Dick Motta (successfully). John Calipari. Rick Pitino.
But only one has gone from NCAA champion to NBA champion. Can you name him? No Googling. Answer at the end of this blog post. (Not Dick Motta - he won an NBA title with the Bullets but never won an NCAA championship.)
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What are your top tive songs from - oh, say - last century, top five rock songs, that is.
I'll start: Hey Jude (Beatles); One (U2); Layla (Derek and the Dominos); What's Going On (Marvin Gaye); and God Only Knows (Beach Boys).
Whatcha' got?
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Speaking of rock, a member of the revitalized Four Tops, lead singer Anthony Morris, has sued a hospital for having him restrained and referred for psychiatric examination after not believing he was who he said he was when he was actually there for treatment of shortness of breath and chest pain.
No, really.
Turns out he's claiming that Ascension-Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, Michigan, did the latter to him in April of last year. He told them who he was out of security concerns that fans might want to see him and/or get an autograph from him.
After a nurse finally believed him, he says the exam was dropped and he was treated for his actual symptoms - and offered him a $25 gift card for this trouble.
There is no truth to the report that he performed a Four Tops hit for the staff in scrubs.
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Bump stocks are legal, says the Supreme Court.
Milwaukee is "horrible," says Donald Trump.
America is in trouble, says Schloss-Blog.
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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Bernadette.
More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.
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