Cover story: Mancow
The World According To Mancow
The Merchandise Mart is bustling with business long before many people’s alarms have gone off. People in smart suits populate the various stores and restaurants — cutting deals, spending money. In Q101’s headquarters on the second floor, a flurry of activity makes what’s going on outside its doors seem pretty sedate. The main hallway is strewn with luggage and band gear. Engineers run back and forth disappearing into different rooms. A studio off the hall houses some L.A.-chic handlers who listen and laugh at the current broadcast where comedian Kathy Griffin is cracking the place up. Lounging nearby some barely-legal looking gals in thigh-high stiletto boots, fishnets, and micro minis suggestively lick lollipops while people with names like Freak and J. Love scurry past. A program director from Iowa, a band entourage, label folks, and a writer in need of some serious caffeine try to stay out of the way.
