The Gang’s all here, after a technical snafu last week. Ed Kelly has just arrived after being detained at the Canadian border and he’s a little shook up.

Spike is on fire, and Zip quietly sits there with the correct answer to every question. Reminds us of Joe a little bit, without the drawl.

Think Classic Rock songs will fade away when us Baby Boomers shed our mortal coils? Think again.

Why did Amazon buy Roomba?

Bob has a phrase to describe most modern “free” media. Dysfunctional Drama for Profit.

Bob rides the CTA and is puzzled by a depository box at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. We ask everyone: Is Bob being stupid?

Salman Rushdie gets his Fatwah. We have a very tasteless song about it? Too soon? The song was written in 1989.

And since Spike made a joke about John Lennon spinning in his grave, we “dig up” a Twisted Tune about the Beatles posthumously releasing his demo Free As a Bird.

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