He knows the news before it's news. Mr. New York, Mark Simone. On 710 W-O-R. Hey, we'll take some calls, 800. 3-2-1-0-7-10 is the number. I don't sound like myself, said. I write a little tired. I don't know. It's been all week. I just keep waking up like 5 in the morning or four in the morning. You can't go back to sleep. You ever wake up at four in the morning and start changing channels? There's stuff on you wouldn't believe. I mean, like Barnaby Jones and the worst of the worst reruns you've ever seen.

You ever see that show Canon?

I remember William Conrad played this big fat detective who was,

anyway, let's go to Lou in New Jersey.

Lou, how you doing?

Lou?

Yeah, I'm here.

We didn't wake you, did we?

No, but I'm not in New Jersey.

I'm in Franklin Square.

Oh.

Tony Dan's in favor.

That's better?

There you go.

I'm conducting the orchestra for Tony.

Oh, are you really?

Yeah, Tony Danz will be at the Tilly Center. Well, what do you conduct? His band or the symphony? No, I conduct the Nassau Pop Symphony. Really? You're kidding. Yes, sir. You know, if I had to guess what you did, symphony conductor wouldn't have been high on the list, but that's a very fine band. I guess we're a small breed. No, no. The Nassau County Symphony will be with Tony Danz at the Tilly Center Sunday night. Now, let me ask you an honest question. I want you to be brutally honest. When you're up there waving that baton, does that really do anything? Let's say you just dropped it.

I mean, would they all stop playing?

No.

That's probably the most often asked question of me as a conductor.

Being a conductor is musical sign language, and the musicians learn how to read you,

and they get louder, they get softer,

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