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| 2:06
| Song: Melekalikimaka,
The Beach Boys |
| 2:16
| Something happened
with the drop right there. There's a
new system being installed that's supposed
to make thing better. So far it's not.
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| 2:17
| Jeff's been screaming
at all the IT dudes that have been installing
the new system so they might be a little
rattled. They're mostly our IT dudes,
but there's some outside guy who's wearing
a rugby shirt. It has a very 80s feel
and Steve's not sure if that's the kind
of guy you want fixing your computer
problems. |
| 2:18
| The outside IT guy
claims to know Steve but he doesn't
remember him. He might have met him
in the 80s but if he did it wasn't a
guy he hung with. He seems like kind
of a dork. |
| 2:19
| Jeff's on some new
medication which is fantastic, but Jeff
hasn't yelled in a while because of
it. He might be trying to get it all
out now. |
| 2:20
| Steve forgot to mention
yesterday that one of the reasons he
was upset about the station using his
computer for the new phone system is
that he got them the thing for free
in the first place. |
| 2:21
| As far as Steve knows,
they are still getting a bunch of new
equipment in the studio but the engineers
might want to work on a better system
for installing it. There was no one
in the studio from 10 PM last night
until 2 PM today, that seems like a
good time to start working on things.
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| 2:22
| In the old days, engineers
used to be all about working when no
one else was around. They'd shut down
the station at 12 AM on Sunday and then
you'd have to sign back on again at
5 AM which was pretty sweet. |
| 2:24
| Wendy got to know all
the engineers because she worked overnights.
They'd play lightsaber battles with
their soldering irons. Steve makes a
pretty good lightsaber sound effect.
|
| 2:25
| In the Disco Demolition
movie there's a scene where Steve's
blowing up records in a club. Steve
used to do all his own sound effects
when he blew them up on the air. He
also used to break the records on his
head, which he can still do. |
| 2:26
| The Jeff Schwartz character
in the movie is really funny and Jeff's
funny in real life. |
| 2:28
| The type-font on the
new computer in the studio is different.
Should that bother Steve? Maybe it's
just that it's a new monitor so it's
more clear. The old machine just had
a bunch of squirrels inside of it on
wheels. |
| 2:30
| Pete has a New Kids
on the Block Christmas record for Steve
to break. It's in mint condition though,
he probably shouldn't break it. If he
got Bob & Ron stoned enough they'd
probably buy it off him for $100 |
| 2:31
| Caller Bob just moved
recently and he found a bag marked "Dahl"
and found definitive proof that Steve
broke records on his head. In the bag
were pieces of disco singles that Steve
had broken. |
| 2:32
| Maybe Bob should just
send those right over to the Smithsonian
or the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
He tried to donate the helmet to the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but they
wouldn't take it. Or at least, the PR
girl was a huge bitch. Steve actually
got her fired. |
| 2:33
| Dan once got a girl
fired at Food Life because she didn't
know what was in a cookie Dan was going
to buy. Rich Melman was right behind
him and he fired the girl. If Steve
were Rich Melman he would have thrown
Dan out instead. |
| 2:43
| Steve accidentally
forgot to hit the drop after the commercial.
That was his fault. Now he'd like to
play a sound bite from "Jeff Schwartz
Presents Jeff Schwartz' Disco Demolition
with Jeff Schwartz". Enjoy. |
| 2:45
| The Audio Vault system
that we use at the station is pretty
sweet. In the old days Steve used to
have 50 tapes in front of him and he
never played them correctly or in the
right order. |
| 2:47
| Steve did get to a
point where other people were playing
the tapes for him and all he had to
do was when he came out of a break take
out the old tape and put in the first
tape from the next commercial break.
But he usually forgot to do that. |
| 2:48
| Steve's fine with the
computer and the phone system for now.
Kev's the one muscling for a new studio
more than Steve is. |
| 2:49
| Steve is embarrassed
about the studio though. Like when that
Ebay auction happens, he's going to
have to show a listener this studio.
Although that auction hasn't even gone
up yet so who knows what will happen.
|
| 2:50
| Dan has already passed
the auction off to someone else so who
knows what's going to happen. Dan's
a master delegator. He delegates responsibility
so well. He really should write a book
about it. |
| 2:51
| Dan says the auction
will be up by next week. He doesn't
have a really good excuse for why it's
not up yet though. |
| 2:53
| Live read: Onstar |
| 2:54
| From time to time Steve
likes to go to Ebay and check out different
Steve Dahl items that people have put
up for auction. Someone has a banner
from last year's Vegas trip. |
| 2:55
| Steve made a huge mistake
this year by not planning any kind of
trip for this weekend. Janet's going
to be busy decorating the house for
Christmas. She has a system where she
wakes up in the morning and just starts
reading the paper so you don't even
notice anything different. Then you
become ensconced in watching a football
game. Then she waits until the game
gets really good and asks Steve to help
decorate. |
| 2:56
| The only way that Steve
can get out of decorating is with a
station sanctioned trip out of town.
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| 2:57
| It breaks Steve's heart
to see a Vegas banner up on Ebay. He
goes out of his way to give a listener
at the remote broadcast one of the banners
and now it's up on Ebay. Maybe they've
fallen on hard times. |
| 3:00
| Steve would like to
know why the banner is being put up
on Ebay. Maybe he could email the seller.
|
| 3:10
| Steve has to give himself
kudos for letting Larry Lujack just
stay on the air for a few hours when
he burst into the studio. It was awkward
at first because you really shouldn't
just burst into a studio like that.
But since Steve is always thinking,
he and Garry just decided to leave and
let Larry sit there for a couple of
hours talking about what an idiot Steve
was. |
| 3:14
| Dan brought in a copy
of the Illinois Entertainer yesterday.
It had a picture of Garry Meier and
Howard Stern on the cover. Garry was
being interviewed about the future of
Chicago radio. It seems like the person
you interview about the future of Chicago
radio should be someone who's still
in radio. |
| 3:15
| The Illinois Entertainer
isn't really that big of a magazine.
It's mainly for rock chicks who are
looking for a Whitesnake cover band
that they can nail. It's also helpful
for guys looking for funny band names. |
| 3:16
| Buzz actually has several
sources for his band names. Steve suggests
Metromix. The main thing Buzz looks
for is the name that is #1. Then he
works backward. |
| 3:26
| Steve was trying to
score Bears tickets for Sunday hoping
that it would take up most of the day,
but then he realized he didn't really
want to go. |
| 3:27
| Pat Dahl called Steve
today because Mike called Pat last night
at 1:30 AM. Pat was worried because
it sounded urgent but Steve reminded
him that everything Mike does is urgent.
|
| 3:28
| Steve's hearing other
people talking in his headphones which
is irritating in and of itself, but
it's not loud enough to hear what they're
saying which is even more irritating.
|
| 3:29
| Rob Feder's column
yesterday about radio sidekicks was
pretty mean. He had Steve at Garry Meier
but when you throw in a Bill Leff and
Spike Manton it's fantastic. The 4th
guy mentioned was that Freak guy from
Mancow, who's actually a pretty good
guy. It's never really good for your
career when you fall in with Mancow
though. |
| 3:31
| Steve likes Spike still,
he was at his birthday party, but that
doesn't mean he can't think that he's
made bad career decisions. |
| 3:32
| There was also a nice
article Feder did today about CBS and
Joe Ahern, who Steve also doesn't like.
Steve's grudge against Joe Ahern is
a lifetime grudge. In fact the only
way he'd forgive that grudge is if Joe
gave Steve the CBS 10 PM news. |
| 3:34
| In the Feder column
Joe Ahern says his product is quality.
Is he watching his product? Unless he's
talking about drugs, it's not quality.
Steve's seen the CBS news at 10, it's
not quality. |
| 3:49
| Brendan wrote some
good copy for Steve. He might have a
future in advertising. He's doing pretty
well with Matt Dahl though. |
| 3:50
| Steve fully intends
to take 20% off the top once Matt Dahl
and Brendan hit it big. |
| 3:51
| Steve and Matt talk
about Matt's show once in a while. Steve
doesn't do aircheck sessions with him
or pull out the stopwatch. |
| 3:52
| Steve is Matt and Brendan's
agent so they'll have to give him 20% |
| 3:55
| Song: Alan Parsons
in a Winter Wonderland, Granddaddy |
| 3:58
| Amber Frey in the Sky |
| 4:06
| Steve's noticed over
the years that people change agents
a lot. Often times people change agents
because they don't like the outcome
of a deal, but it's usually not the
agents fault. |
| 4:07
| If Steve were an agent
he'd be realistic about things. He'd
have no problem telling a client that
their show sucks and he got the the
maximum amount they deserved. |
| 4:08
| A couple of listeners,
Maureen and Pat Logue, brought Steve
a coconut cream pie. |
| 4:11
| Steve made a conscious
decision last night to eat the food
Hans' brought in, so he didn't eat his
Balance for Life food. Hans left him
a plate to bring home for Janet, but
he left it here because he knew he'd
eat it himself. |
| 4:17
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:19
| Steve reads about a
police search of Michael Jackson's mansion.
Who among us doesn't have an entire
children's class room in our house?
|
| 4:20
| It's weird that people
refer to Michael Jackson has Peter Pan-like.
Peter Pan never harmed children. |
| 4:34
| Steve got a sweet new
wallet for his birthday from Janet.
Buzz's first wallet as a kid had stallions
engraved on it. |
| 4:37
| Steve hates to lose
a Tommy Thompson from the Bush cabinet.
He's still convinced a lot of the guys
in Bush's first cabinet were from swing
states for a reason. |
| 4:38
| What's the point of
having character witnesses for Scott
Peterson who went to high school with
the guy? Is there anyone out there now
who has anything positive to say about
him ? |
| 4:42
| Tom Ridge is in town
today. Was he here to dedicate a role
of duct tape? |
| 4:44
| This weekend Steve
is going to buy a gold coin and put
it in a Salvation Army kettle. |
| 4:47
| it seems to Steve that
if the CTA is going to have a train
that pays respect to Satan for Halloween
they should have one that pays respect
to Santa on Christmas. Steve would like
to see a train with a living creche
on it. Maybe they could have a mechanical
baby that talked to you and said your
name in a robotic voice. |
| 4:57
| You'd think a guy with
ears as big as Tom Ridge's wouldn't
need hearing aids. |
| 4:58
| Stan Lawrence is here.
Steve has some Kwanza music for him,
but it hasn't started yet. That doesn't
mean that people aren't shopping for
Kwanza gifts though. |
| 4:59
| Stan reminds Steve
that the best Kwanza gifts are handmade.
Steve's all about handmade gifts. Last
year he gave Stan some lovely handmade
butter for Kwanza |
| 5:00
| Now that Steve mentions
Kwanza songs, Stan thinks there might
be a market for Kanaka Christmas songs.
Perhaps O' Kwanza Candle or
Deck the Halls with Lots of Kinte.
Maybe they could put it together for
next year, there's not enough time to
get it down now. |
| 5:01
| Caller Michael is a
manager of a major food store chain
in the Chicago area. There are locks
on the Salvation Army kettles. |
| 5:03
| Steve's going to play
some Kwanza songs now because Terry's
not here yet. He probably doesn't even
know what Kwanza is. |
| 5:17
| Stan wants to invite
Steve to a Kwanza celebration. He'd
go if it was at the Cotton Club or Buddy
Guy's. |
| 5:21
| Stan's seen white guys
dress in more traditional African clothing
and he always has to do a double take.
One time he knew a white guy who was
trying to get with a sistah so he dressed
like that. Needless to say it didn't
work. |
| 5:22
| Live read: Medieval
Times |
| 5:23
| Steve would like to
joust with Terry, although Terry might
be pretty good at it. He has a low center
of gravity. |
| 5:36
| Caller Norman wants
to revoke Terry's ghetto pass. Unfortunately
Terry never actually had a ghetto pass.
|
| 5:40
| Steve's willing to
do a remote from Lem's BBQ. They hit
all the familiar South Side locations.
|
| 5:43
| Steve doesn't understand
WCKG's "Great Scratch Fever"
promotion. It's some sort of scratch
card but no one bothered to tell him
about it. Steve remembers asking Jeff
about it and Jeff told him that since
it wasn't his idea he didn't care about
it. It does seem a lot like a sales
department-type idea. |
| 5:44
| Steve just noticed
that David from the Little Guys is on
the phone. He'll talk to him in two
weeks. |
| 5:52
| Your Daily Dose of
Rock History with Bob & Ron-Trenchtown
Rock, Bob Marley & the Wailers |
| 6:14
| There's a TV special
about Ben Franklin on this weekend.
Ben invented electricity and bi-focals.
He was also quite the ladies man. Steve's
not sure if he's on the $100 bill because
he doesn't have one any more. Buzz does
though. |
| 6:27
| Caller Susie is have
a Kwanukah problem. That's a combination
between Kwanza and Hanukah. |
| 6:28
| Actually Susie's calling
because she's in the market for a big
screen TV. Stan suggests she go to the
Little Guys. He's such a schill. He's
way worse than Wendy and he almost makes
Steve not want to plug anyone at all.
|
| 6:32
| News with Buzz |
| 6:33
| If Buzz isn't going
to talk about the steroids, Steve will.
He doesn't understand Jason Giambi's
testimony. In exchange for his testimony
he was supposed to get immunity and
confidentiality. What happened to the
confidentiality? |
| 6:34
| Steve can't believe
that the penalty in MLB for steroid
use is counseling. |
| 6:44
| Steve doesn't see what
the big deal with steroids is if you
can't get kicked out of baseball for
it. Sure it's illegal but if there's
nothing that can happen to any of the
players then what's the big deal? Sure
it's a deal with the devil and you can
end up with a tumor but if they're willing
to do all that to hit a home run, Steve
will give them a high-five for it. |
| 6:45
| It's really not that
hard to tell who is using steroids in
baseball. They have that weird moon
face and they're huge. |
| 6:47
| Steve would like to
see some Chicago teams get on steroids.
The Sox could definitely use some if
they're not already on them. Steve would
like to see the Ligues on steroids.
Maybe they could take on a steroid-enhanced
coach. Or maybe a peanut vendor on steroids
chucking stuff at fans. Maybe a Nancy
Faust on steroids running through
Ina-Goda-Da-Vida or a beer vendor
carrying an entire beer truck through
the stadium. |
| 6:51
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