Bill Plaschke: Vic the Brick might be in pain from battle with cancer, but the voice of a city stays strong
LOS ANGELES - On this day, the voice is still strong. The words still fire out from that shrubbery of a beard in a wonderful mix of Brooklyn and Spanish and Japanese and Zen, the words of a city that only the city can understand.
"Yay, yay Dodger fans, I'm feelin' you! The blue is busy y'all ... Segs, Joc, CT3, AWood ... Doc's Clips, the nitty gritty dirt band, the selfless tsunami, still atop the West ... who knew? ... Los Lakers, will Zo go? ... fifty-fifty to ball against Indy in the downtown hoop dojo!"
On this day, in 90-second bursts for KLAC-570 radio, as he has done for more than three decades on various airwaves across town, Vic "the Brick" Jacobs is still feelin' you!
The problem is, he's not really feeling himself.
His eyes are weary, his arms are splotchy, his steps are slow. His back hurts. His fingers tingle. He wears an ostomy bag. He sleeps a couple of hours a
