Black Sabbath cover band Mac Sabbath. Picture by Paul Koudounaris
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Mac Sabbath’s meat-e-oric 10-year rise (Episode 981)

What’s not to love about Mac Sabbath, America’s premier fast food-themed Black Sabbath cover band? The mighty Mac Sabbath celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, returning to Chicago for a show at Reggie’s on August 28.     Since the…

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Impulsive Hearts eat Taco Bell, making them ‘Fit 4 the Apocalypse’ (Episode 937)

Danielle Sines, Adele Nicholas and Rachael Farinella of Impulsive Hearts make a run to the border with me, as we do an interview outside the Taco Bell in Avondale. As the third full-length, “Fit 4 the Apocalypse,” is about to…

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Testing Taco Bell’s Naked Chicken Chalupa with ManBQue’s John Carruthers (Episode 95)

This week, I’m joined by John Carruthers, co-founder of meat social club ManBQue (manbque.com) and co-author of two must-own ManBQue cookbooks. We take a trip to a northwest side Taco Bell on the day of the national release of the…

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Whopperito night: ‘I want to talk to you about your medical condition, but I want to do that after we eat’ (Episode 77)

Burger King unveiled it’s Whopperito (a Whopper made like a burrito) on August 15th, and I decided to try it during BK’s launch week. Fast food’s never been a Car Con Carne “thing,” but sometimes I have to point the…