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Austin Man Locates John Aielli Imposter
| June 12, 2003- Austin,
Texas - Thinking he had found gold, Austinite,
KUT listener and
Ekletikos fan, Michael Schliefke thought he had run into the man
himself: radio host John Aielli.
Instead, he had run into a man who
wasn't John Aielli and whose name he has already forgotten.
What he didn't forget was the fact he was from San Antonio, and was
looking for a good radio show to listen to.
Michael stepped up to the plate for KUT,
and liberally plugged their online listening capabilities, and
unleashed whole minutes of devotional praise for the daily 5 hour
show and its legendary host. Mr. Schliefke was able to sift
through the fuzzy alcoholic fog that was plaguing his head and
coherently go on about John Aielli and his eclectic programming choices,
even discussing February's infamous Squirrel Appreciation Show, when all
the music for the five hour program was dedicated to the little rodent.
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Will the real John Aielli please
stand up?
photography by Chris Chappell |
Undaunted that perhaps this
gentleman's denial of his being John Aielli could have been a clever
John Aielli ruse to see what his one of his legions of listeners was
thinking about his show, this exchange took place:
Michael: "Oh sure, most everybody in Austin listens
to him everyday, it's amazing. And without a doubt, everyone gets
tired of him for a month or two, and then stop listening."
Fake John: "Really? Then what do you listen to?"
Michael: (uncertain wavering) "Commercial radio..."
Fake John: (cautious) "Clear Channel?"
Michael: "Exactly. To remind us of how good we have it." |
After some more brief
exchanges, both men went their separate ways. Michael a bit
disappointed it was not Jon Aielli, Fake John Aielli a bit more wizened
and soon to be a KUT listener.
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