The trivia competition has been postponed. Info here.

Sometime in the (hopefully) near future Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 23^rd at 7:30 AM, I will be uniting with Ben Sian and Beth Haggerty under the moniker “Wyld Stallyns” to take on VH1’s World Series of Pop Culture champions, “El Chupacabra” in a no-holds-barred trivia face-off, live on Q100 (100.5 on your FM dial).

A little backstory: From July 10^th to August 3^rd, VH1 broadcast its first-ever “World Series of Pop Culture“, an NCAA-tournament-style, single-elimination competition pitting 32 3-person teams from across the country. When the dust finally settled, Smyrna’s own “El Chupacabra” was crowned the champion and earned $250,000 for its efforts. Not long after, the members of “El Chupacabra” appeared on Q100’s morning drive-time program, “The Bert Show”, to talk about their victory. It was at this time that Ben Sian e-mailed the station and threw down the gauntlet; Ben insisted he could put together a team that could not only compete with “El Chupacabra” but beat them in a head-to-head matchup as well.

Via several degrees of separation that may or may not have included Kevin Bacon, Ben was able to recruit both myself and Beth to join him in the quest to unseat the champs. After a preliminary on-air deliberation with our valiant leader and Alexandra of “El Chupacabra”, the stakes are set:

If you listened to the file above, you see what we’re up against should we lose - I might actually have to venture outside the Perimeter. *shiver*

Not a good look for me.

And so, dear readers, I encourage all of you to tune in to Q100 tomorrow morning at 7:30 (the second half of the competition will be the same time Thursday as well), light a candle, or say a prayer, or whatever you’ve got to do. Do it not for me, but rather for the folks attending Smyrnabration¹.

If you’re not in the Atlanta area and can’t pick up Q100 via the old-timey method of radio, visit their website and click “Listen Live” at the top of the page.

Thanks, and may the force or something be with me.

¹ Not like we’re actually going to lose or anything. This is just hedging a bet, in gambling parlance.