| AND I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT TOO IF IT WEREN'T FOR THOSE MEDDLING DJ'S!! Rewind, 1988: Danny Chambers has just been to Mexico with his youth group, as his wife stays home. A night-time DJ who wishes to remain anonymous witnessed Danny with Jill from his youth group walking together alone in the woods after dark. Alarmed, this youth told Danny's mother, who, in turn, told Danny's wife. At the same time, his ex-wife (who would be officially diagnosed with bi-polar disorder in early 2002) was being her weird self loving Renee Garcia's "The Bounce," and the voice of popular Christian pop radio host Jon Rivers, who used to host "Power Line," which was played on WLS on Sunday nights for years. I--a night -time DJ who was fired to make way for another one [the one who saw Danny and Jill and reported this to his mother]--did a fake radio spot about his ex-wife "in concert," which ended with her running away with Jon Rivers, to the sound of Whitecross' "Signs of the End." This was put on an old radio "cart" (which looked like an 8-track) and was put away for her to listen to, and since most of what I do has deeper meaning than what is on the surface, it was intended to get her to take a good look at herself, because she was acting weird, in my opinion. As Stevie Nicks said, "Think about it/think about it before you go." |
| Did I know she was going anywhere? No, I did not. But she was breathing down my neck which was inappropriate for a married woman, but that could be attributable to her bi-polar disorder. I resisted her little stripper moves, but the program director apparently didn't. Although the ex was probably guilty of leading him on to a degree, the PD was ultimately responsible for his own behavior, even though he insists he's "not involved in any religious trappings." Editorial note: if you're going to kiss the married youth pastor's wife in the married youth pastor's own home when the married youth pastor isn't there, my suspicion would be, yes, indeed, you are not involved in any religious trappings. In fact, you're too cool for even common decency, Ken. I didn't see Mr. Chambers' ex for 12 years after she filed for divorce, and I didn't have a clue what led to that point, but with the cart dubbed off on cassette (the PD did this) and delivered to the Chambers home (which I didn't even know where was), an internal message was issued: "Those who would be spreading rumors about trouble between Danny and [his ex] should stop now." The GM of the radio station told us this and said, "I don't think you'd lose your salvation for it." Then he scampered away like Steve Martin on the cover of 1977 issue of Rolling Stone. I, having been a child of divorce and was 26 at the time, felt bad for the children, thinking that it was irresponsible [ex] who just skipped out. I wrote a letter to Danny explaining that I was sorry I implied there were problems, and that I was "on [his] side." This is where all the trouble began. Bitterness on both sides was born here. I was thinking of my sister-in-law who was a terrible parent who left my brother with two little daughters and a third that wasn't even his, and he got custody. The children were staying with Danny, and I thought it was the same kind of scenario, as it was rumored that was "messing around" with various men, and as she had breathed down my neck and talked like a little girl (both attributable to the bi-polar condition), I was inclined to believe it. Years later she told me how the PD had kissed her on the lips in the Chambers house and how she said, "Don't you ever do that again!" to which he allegedly responded, "I can't help myself." I said, "Why didn't you tell someone?" to which she retorted, "I handled it." Another volunteer DJ was let go in suspicion, but she told me he had nothing to do with her inappropriately. This leaves a lying PD, who wasn't going to 'fess up under any circumstances. He would ask artists without fail, "How do you stay strong spiritually on the road?" He was looking for ideas, one could assume. Danny's ex said, "I think he had that Jimmy Swaggart spirit on him." Anyway, Danny is talking about Christ's return in September at Rock Solid, and I wasn't attending service because I was expecting a phone call from him so I could tell him the story of my sister-in-law, and how sorry I was his wife had left him. Nothing of the sort. His answering machine messages started to become very intimidating, and he was putting spots for his youth group on the radio at night when I'd have to play them, and would include lines like, "Young man, you have taken the wife of my youth," or something to that effect. I went about my business. I just thought he'd gone nuts, and was dealing with my own pains in that I thought I was schizophrenic like my father had been. |
| This is the story exactly as I received it.....I love cut and paste. |