Here is the latest from JGT political correspondent Chip Chantry, an interview he recently had with Dennis Kucinich. Chip will be performing tonight, Friday night, and Saturday night at Helium Comedy Club this weekend. If you missed Chip’s first interview, Mike Huckabee, click here. This is funny stuff. Enjoy.

Think of your favorite band: That really cool indie band that no one knows about but you and the guy with the faded Depeche Mode Tshirt who works at the shady record store in town that smells like weed and vinyl…yeah, that’s the one. This is the greatest band in the world- their music moves you. They have a style that is so unique, that no radio station, television network, or major record label even knows what to do with it. This band is way too f****** cool to ever make it big. And you like it that way. Because it’s your band- no one else’s.

When it comes to U.S. politics, Dennis Kucinich is that band. He’s way too f****** cool to ever be president. And in this reporter’s opinion, he likes it that way.

It took a lot hard work to get some face time with Mr. Kucinich, or “D-Train” as he’s known in his inner-circle of friends and followers. I couldn’t go through the standard channels to find him either. Luckily, I knew a guy who knew a guy who used to play French Horn for the Polyphonic Spree, who had his wife’s cell phone number. But in the end, it was worth every second. I only had about five minutes with D-Train, whom I met around 3 a.m. at a bonfire on the beach behind a condemned amusement park in Santa Monica, CA.

Kucinich could sense that I felt out of place at this bonfire that looked more like a goth-orgy than a campaign rally. So he grabbed me a veggie burrito and red Solo cup full of absinthe and took me for a walk down the beach.
Dennis Kucinich- Do you feel that breeze off the ocean? That’s the earth breathing, man.

Chip Chantry- So why do you want to be president?

DK- (Takes a drag of a hand-rolled cigarette, possibly not tobacco) The p***y, man.

CC- Excuse me?

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• Good Dog (15th and Locust) at 8 p.m., and if your team has a pulse and at least one of you has a high school degree, you will probably win. By far the easiest quiz to win on the JGT circuit.
• Bards (20th and Walnut) at 10:15 p.m. p.m. Not easy to win, but if you can knock off Philadelphia Weekly dandies the Sofa Kingdom, you will instantly be transformed into a rock star yourself and your chances of getting laid will skyrocket. Oh wait, this is quizzo. Nevermind. Nobody’s getting laid.

They have availability at the World Cafe Live for Friday, February 15th. Before you answer the poll question, keep a few things in mind: It is not easy to find a new venue that contains all of the amenities that the World Cafe live offers (great acoustics for band, beer service, food, seating for 300 people at tables.) And perhaps most importantly, it is a cabride away for most of you. I do not know of a similar facility in Philly unless we look to the suburbs (If you know of any similar facility in the city that meet the requirements of food, booze, great sound, good location, by all means post it in the comments below). The poll will not be my final call on this (I also have to check with my advisers* and have to see if the band is available), but I wanna get a feel for what you guys think about this.

*read: Ginger and Trivia Art.

Answers are after the jump.

1. In what 1999 movie would you find Heather Donahue and Michael C. Williams?
2. HA Rey and his wife Margret are best known for bringing us what series of childrens books?
3. What instrument is Vivaldi’s four seasons written for?
4. What book that you’ve all read takes place in the fictinal town of Maycomb, Alabama?
5. Who played Cowboy Curtis on Pee Wee’s Playhouse?
6. How many representatives are there in the house?
7. Megalodons were over 50 feet long, but are now extinct. What type of animals were they?
8. What is the only word in the English language that has three consecutive pairs of letters and no hyphens? (In other words, balloon has two consecutive pairs of letters. What word has 3?)
9. In what sport will you find daffies, twisters, and helicopters?
10. This artist, born in 1839 (self portrait, above), is known as the father of modern art?

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Got a band lined up for Monday night! The Terrence Brown Trio will be performing at the Urban Saloon on Monday night. Entry fee for the City vs. City Smackdown, in which your team can win $450 plus get to listen to some great jazz, is only $10. There are gonna be some terrific drink specials and this time, it is not an invite only. Any team is welcome to attend. I am expecting a pretty good sized crowd, though, so I would arrive early. Team max size is 8.

To read more about saxophonist Terrence Brown, click here. If you want to hear some of his music, check out his Myspace page. This is gonna be a great night, so get your team together and let’s kick Denver and Seattle’s tail!

D-Mac just did a piece on the Sofa Kingdom, and how unbeatable they are at quizzo. I would like to apologize for the kind words I said about the Kingdom in the article. I know that they are a force of evil, and I should have been more scathing in my words about them. I was in a Christmas shop when I was called for the interview, and was feeling a little too charitable. Also, D-Mac, I prefer to think of myself as a a quizzo mogul, not a quizzo maven. A maven is a charitable guy who passes on his knowledge to others. A mogul is all about the Benjamins. That’s me.

Ok, so City vs. City Smackdown is Monday, December 10th at 7:30 p.m. at the Urban Saloon (2120 Fairmount) Max team size is 8, strictly enforced. Admission is $10 a head. Gonna have some great drink specials ($5 pitchers of Miller Lite and PBR and $3.50 a pint for all other beers, of which they have a great selection). Rumor has it that their food is extremely good and very reasonably priced. Also, gonna have live music. Working on that now. Should have a band for you by manana. Winning team will walk with $350, with 2nd place getting $150. In addition to that, the winning team can also take home an extra $100 if they defeat all the teams in Seattle and Denver. This is gonna be a lot of fun, and it’s important that we knock off Seattle and Denver again, just to show them who’s boss. (We’ll determine city scores by adding up the top five teams scores in each city and then averaging them out.)

-I’ll have full details on City vs. City Smackdown later this afternoon. Working on one last little detail now and then we’ll be up and running.

-Tonight, quizzo at O’Neals (3rd and South) at 8 p.m. and quizzo at the Bards (20th and Walnut) at 10:15 p.m. In case you haven’t already heard, I have put a $20 bounty on the heads of the Sofa Kingdom at the Bards.

-Still unsure of a venue for Quizzo Bowl, unfortunately. World Cafe Live couldn’t find me a Saturday. Which I’d prefer. Should we do it on a Sunday at WCL or should I continue to look elsewhere (I’m thinking about looking at the Starlight Ballroom.)? Also, I could possibly get it on a Friday at WCL. Thoughts on that?