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| 2:00
| Stan has a question for Steve. Yesterday Stan asked Terry if he was familiar with a song and then he played a sample. Terry didn't know the song. |
| 2:01
| Steve doesn't know the song either. Stan totally went off on Terry for not knowing the song. Stan was really counting on Steve to know the song. It must have been some weird song Stan's parents were into. |
| 2:02
| The song is Eddie Hodges' I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door. The song was a top 40 hit in 1961 and that's the year Terry was born. |
| 2:03
| Terry's acting like the reason he doesn't know the song is because it's lame but he wasn't even a year old when it came out. It was one of Stan's favorite songs, probably because he's a voyeur. The song sounds like it's about a sexual assault. |
| 2:04
| Steve was told what Stan was going to ask him beforehand, that's a new system that's in place that seems to be working out well. |
| 2:05
| Terry thought Stan was just doing a bit about the song so he went along with it. Then Stan totally attacked him for it. |
| 2:06
| Stan thought Steve would know the song from his days on a top 40 radio station. When Steve was playing top 40 songs they were current songs, not songs from 1961. |
| 2:07
| Steve hates to disappoint Stan here. He can tell he's disappointed too because he refuses to let it go. |
| 2:08
| Steve's not sure if he could even work with the intro of the song if he was talking it up. |
| 2:09
| Stan's trying to start the song but he has really bad timing. |
| 2:10
| That's a really obscure song and Terry feels much better for not knowing it. Stan really thought Steve would know the song because he knows a lot of obscure songs. |
| 2:11
| Steve is being distracted because there's a lot going on right now. He was being instructed on what to do after he's done talking to Stan and Terry. Pete is in a complete tizzy because there's a band here and this is normally the day he's in the studio. |
| 2:12
| The Plain White T's are here and they're all dressed in retro 70s t-shirt. They all look like they're about 10 years old too. |
| 2:13
| Pete has gone into complete dither mode so you can't get any info from him. He's just standing in his studio running around in a small circle. |
| 2:14
| Steve thinks Stan should just forget this song he's talking about. He'll probably come up with another obscure song that no one remembers. |
| 2:15
| Stan's dad was a sound engineer for Herb Kent's sock hops so maybe he's remembering the song from somewhere else. |
| 2:16
| Steve's grandpa was a security guard at Decca Records and he used to bring home radio station promotional albums. From that moment Steve knew he had to get into radio. |
| 2:17
| Stan will throw the song out and go back to his Lemon Pipers. Stan has a weird affinity for wimpy, melodic, white music like The Association, the Sandpipers and the Lemon Pipers |
| 2:27
| Song: Lazy Day Afternoon, Plain White T's |
| 2:30
| Steve told Buzz there was 10 seconds left in the song and he seemed to slow down coming into the studio. Buzz says he didn't hear him which is less irritating for Steve. |
| 2:31
| Plain White T's are here in the other room with Pete. They are Tom, singer and guitar player, Dave, who's not here man, and Mike. De'Mar is also no here, he's with Dave. Rounding out the group is Tim who is in the studio. |
| 2:31
| Plain White T's are hot right now which is why Steve has them in. That's what he does. Buzz initially thought the band was called Plain White Keys like piano keys, then he thought it was Plain White Tease and he's not up for that. |
| 2:32
| Buzz has actually seen Plain White T's in concert listings, he's always looking for funny band names. |
| 2:33
| The band played a show last night at Metro which sold out. They also filmed a concert DVD there. There's also a show tonight. |
| 2:34
| Tom is from Villa Park which is where the band got their start. Steve thought Pete was from Villa Park but he always says he's from Oak Lawn. He's probably just trying to make himself sound tougher. Pete doesn't even know where Villa Park is, which Steve feels is a liability. |
| 2:35
| Tom is also the main songwriter for the band. Steve sort of noticed that in all photographs of the band, Tom seems to be the center of attention. Is that on purpose? |
| 2:36
| Steve met Mike's dad out in the hallway, he's a big fan. The rest of the band is probably sitting in Pete's studio asking him who listens to Steve. |
| 2:37
| Tom's dad listened to Steve and Johnny B and Buzz when they were on the Loop. |
| 2:38
| Steve's not sure if he knows where Villa Park is either actually. That's where Guitar Center is right? Did the band meet at Guitar Center? |
| 2:39
| Steve just ordered a Les Paul from Guitar Center but he did it online because he hates going in there. It's just a bunch of kids banging on drums or playing the same guitar lick over and over and the guys who work there are all bitter that they're not in a band. |
| 2:40
| Song: Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's |
| 2:44
| When Buzz heard they were going to play Delilah he thought they'd be covering Tom Jones. Can he try to be a little cooler? |
| 2:52
| The band all attended Willowbrook High School in Villa Park. De'Mar popped his head in to say hello but he won't be playing yet. |
| 2:53
| De"Mar isn't feeling too well today, the band had a late night. They didn't go to the SmartBar though, but it's still open. They were actually at the Lakeview Broadcast Company. |
| 2:52
| De'Mar is representing Elk Grove Village. YEAH! United Airlines in the house! Representin' ORD. |
| 2:53
| There were some technical difficulties during that last song and Tom's mic was on a bad channel. Steve would like to give Tom the chance to do the song again. It would drive Steve nuts if he was playing a song and it got messed up at the end. |
| 2:54
| Steve can do whatever he wants here so Tom can play the song again. Tom has heard that some stations in town have played Hey There Delilah two time in a row because of all the requests that come in. |
| 2:55
| As it turns out, there is a real Delilah and someone here knows here. If it's Tina she's lying just to hang with the band. It's actually Stephanie, she went to school with her. |
| 2:56
| Delilah was someone Tom met a while ago but she know has a different boyfriend. That really has to drive the boyfriend nuts, knowing that song is out there. |
| 2:57 | Song: Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's |
| 3:01
| Now that one was perfect, audio-wise. It's best to set the record straight and play the song again without technical difficulties. |
| 3:08
| Plain White T's have another show at Metro tonight and it's almost sold out. It's nice out so that's good walk-up weather. |
| 3:09
| When Steve gigs he depends almost solely on walk-ups. People don't plan ahead to see him, they just come out when they have nothing else to do. It's either go see Steve or stay home and watch America's Most Wanted. |
| 3:10
| After tonight the band heads to Memphis for a gig somewhere on Beale Street. They're not staying in town though, they have bunks on their tour bus. Who gets the back of the bus when the ladies with them? |
| 3:11
| It's more like, who gets to be in the back when they want to watch the show they've TiVoed. |
| 3:12
| Steve was just talking to Mike's dad in the hallway and he used to be a musician. He's quite proud of his son and Steve imagines all their parents are proud. Even though the band is getting well-known they don't seem like jerks. |
| 3:13
| Caller Jessica is a Plain White T's fan but her mom won't let he go to the show. WHOA! We're talking to jail bait here. Brendan, isn't there a jail bait filter on the phone? |
| 3:14
| Steve's going to put Jessica on hold and hand her off to our youth division. Steve actually has a solution, the band is playing at the DuPage County Fair, that'll probably be free too. |
| 3:15
| Jessica found most of the band member's pages on MySpace and everyone made her a friend except for Mike. That's probably because he doesn't want to go to jail. |
| 3:16
| Steve's not trying to be rude to Jessica but he needs to work out a color-coded system with Brendan for jail bait. The guys in the band are in their 20s, they might be able to convince a judge, but Steve is 52. Next thing he knows he'll be on To Catch a Predator with a bag of tacos. |
| 3:17
| Caller Matt is not jail bait but he is a dude. He's been into Plain White T's since they used to do free shows at Metro. He's wondering if the band will ever rerelease Come On Over. |
| 3:18
| Tom was actually listening to that song today on his stepdad's iPod. It's the only thing that's listenable on there, the rest is metal. |
| 3:19
| Matt was also wondering if Mike was ever going to play any songs in concert from his first band Tone Deaf George. |
| 3:20
| Mike was actually the main songwriter in Tone Deaf George and Tom was a fan which is why he wanted him in the band, then he stopped writing songs. |
| 3:21
| That sounds like how Doobie Brothers got Michael McDonald for their band because of all the songs he had written. |
| 3:22
| Song: Let Me Take You There, Plain White T's |
| 3:31
| Last week on The Office Andy learned that the girl he was dating was actually in high school. He was more concerned with the fact that she was talking to some other dude though. |
| 3:32
| The Office is a bright spot in Buzz's week. Even if everything else is going wrong he still has that. |
| 3:33
| That was cool to have the band on and they sounded great. Steve would still like to Music Snob Corner today as soon as Pete gets cleaned up in there. |
| 3:34
| It can't ever really get cleaned up in there because it's the worst it's ever been. Periodically Buzz is in there and he can't believe how bad it's gotten. |
| 3:35
| Every year Pete says he's going to clean it up, but that's probably the same thing that the crazy cat lady or the bag man says. |
| 3:36
| Steve keeps trying to get someone to just haul it out of there but then Pete uses the excuse that only he knows how it's ordered so only he can do it. |
| 3:37
| Steve might need to get get one of those mini-CATs in there and clear it all out. No matter what we lose in that process it won't be as bad as losing Pete and that seems dangerously close to happening. |
| 3:38
| Normally with crazy people no one else knows they're crazy until they kill 100 people. Steve and Buzz know he's crazy though so when he does go crazy they'll be held liable. |
| 3:39
| If Pete is going to go nuts he should stop by Dan's office. Dan's never here any more, Steve sort of misses him. |
| 3:40
| The other day Pete was sort of accosted by Mitch Pink, AE, because he thought Steve sort of gave him a hard time on the air last week. |
| 3:41
| Pete actually stuck up for Steve. Steve wasn't hard on Mitch last week, he said he was the only one at the Bulls game that was talking to the clients. And he got Steve a bottle of water. |
| 3:42
| Mitch got his info from a third party and Pete didn't know who it was. Then he saw Dan and Mitch hugging it out near the bathroom. Dan is very big on the Hollywood hug. |
| 3:43
| The Hollywood hug has no place in the hallways of WCKG. Steve might hug someone like Richard Lewis or Joe Walsh if they're on the show and he hasn't seen them in a while. |
| 3:44
| Mitch is one of the few sales people doing a good job back there, he's very conscientious. He'll probably be gone soon because we don't pay enough but that's what happens here. |
| 3:45
| You'll recall that yesterday Steve was irritated that Drew didn't want to call the station The Package. He became really irritated with Drew and eventually whipped out that both he and Buzz make more than Drew. That's how you can tell he's really irritated. |
| 3:46
| Steve realized that he and Buzz should just be called the Afternoon Package. If Garry is the G-Spot, why can't they be The Package? |
| 3:47
| Buzz thinks Steve should let this sit until next week because The Package is a great idea. CBS actually owns The Package, Steve gave it to them during some contract negotiations. |
| 3:48
| The radio president of CBS is going to here next Monday and Tuesday and Drew sort of implied he might want to talk to Steve. Ya think? |
| 3:49
| It's sort of hard to make an out-of-towner understand the whole Package thing plus Steve doesn't want to go over Drew's head. It's not that hard to do though since he's only 3 feet tall. |
| 3:50
| Caller Rich calls Steve Rich Steve. That's not necessary though, although people do say that in the halls during the break. Isn't that right moderately wealthy Buzz? Rich heard the end of Garry's show today when Stan and Terry were in the studio. Drew was in there with them because Garry is his new play thing. |
| 3:51
| Drew was rolling for a while and Garry was trying to shut him down by saying "maybe we should call this place The Package." Then you didn't hear another thing from Drew. |
| 3:52
| Buzz guarantees that everyone on the air on the station thinks The Package is a great idea and you'd think those would be the opinions that matter. |
| 3:53
| Steve's been getting a lot of emails from people who have been calling WCKG The Package for years. |
| 3:54
| Steve knows that he can get this done by putting something together with the sales department. All you have to do is get a shipping company like FedEx or DHL on board for some cross-promoting. DHL is probably the best since it's only one letter away from Dahl. |
| 3:55
| Drew's never going to go for it because this is the one area where he can wield power over Steve. |
| 3:56
| Buzz still has business cards from when we were The Package. When they did it the first time though it was sort of a half-assed approach though. |
| 3:57
| Steve's has some great ideas for billboards, like one that looks like denim jeans and the zipper is open with different personalities coming out. Then when you go to the website you hear the zipper sound. |
| 4:01
| Caller Henry is wondering if we should call Garry Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda Been Wealthy Garry. |
| 4:08
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:09
| The big news is that the Queen has arrived, she's in our country. Who cares? The first thing she hard was My Country 'Tis of Thee. |
| 4:10
| The Queen didn't come here to go to Virginia Tech, she's here for the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony. The scheduling worked out perfect for her though. |
| 4:11
| Democrats and Republicans are negotiating a new war funding bill. Surprisingly the Democrats have dropped their Iraq pullout timetable. That's probably because they want to keep all their pork in there. |
| 4:13
| Wally Schirra passed away today, he was one of the original Mercury astronauts. |
| 4:14
| Was he on Friendship 7? Steve thought he was the last one to go up from the original Mercury astronauts. |
| 4:15
| Steve used to wake up early in the morning to watch the space shuttle launch but now he can't remember. It was almost 50 years ago though. |
| 4:16
| Steve doesn't want to talk to a bunch of space nerds about this either. He's already heard from Ed Silha on the subject and the rest of the nerds are probably rushing to the phone in their underpants. |
| 4:17
| Schirra was on Mercury 8 and he was also on Gemini and Apollo. According to Mark he was the first astronaut to swear on an open mic. It might be one of the seven. |
| 4:18
| He was also the first astronaut to play music in space, Jingle Bells on harmonica. How is this guy not one of Buzz's heroes? |
| 4:19
| John Glenn was on Friendship 7, that's according to Ron Lewis who's standing out in the hall and is also a nerd. You'd think he'd want to get away from the astronaut nerd and towards the folk singer nerd. He'll never get a ponytail at this rate. |
| 4:20
| Steve's not sure why Ron is here but it must mean that someone is in financial trouble. |
| 4:28
| On the phone is Billy Jack from Comcast Sportsnet. There's a lot of interesting things going on in sports right now. |
| 4:29
| You've got the Bulls, the Bears draft, the Sox trying to get back on track and the Cubs maybe starting to go on a roll. |
| 4:30
| They still haven't decided on a start time for the Bulls game on Saturday. Steve would like it to be at 6:00 just to give him something to do on Saturday night. |
| 4:31
| It doesn't seem like the Bulls should be making a lot of predictions about beating the Pistons yet. Noch has been talking a little bit about it. |
| 4:32
| It doesn't seem like the rivalry between the teams needs anything else to feed off of, going way back to the Bad Boys days when we used to hate Dennis Rodman. |
| 4:33
| Ben Wallace really stepped it up during the last series against the Heat. It seems like one of the main reasons the Bulls wanted him is for the playoffs and he really took care of Shaq. |
| 4:34
| Steve thought the Bears draft was really good. Greg Olsen can really stretch the field, plus he's a rapper. That's something he doesn't really want to be reminded of but the third leg will come in handy for blocking. |
| 4:35
| 18 year old kids do stuff to fit in and sometimes they regret. Steve's 52 and he'd like to be doing that now though. |
| 4:36
| Rex could really use a guy like Greg Olsen for those short passes. The times he did the best last year was when he was in sync with Des Clark and now they've added another TE. |
| 4:37
| The Bears also signed Greg's brother Christian who's a QB out of Virginia. Fathers, watch out for your daughters! |
| 4:38
| Steve doesn't really care what Greg Olsen did in college, he just thinks it's funny that the Sun-Times made such a huge deal about it. |
| 4:39
| Steve's not too worried about the Sox because baseball has a really long season. Still plenty of time to turn things around. |
| 4:40
| That Billy Jack really knows his football. Even when Steve's at the games he tapes Comcast so he can see the post-game. |
| 4:46
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 4:47
| Pete should make his way into the studio now for his segment. |
| 4:48
| Pete's not in here yet, everything has to be a big entrance with him. The reason Steve said it at the beginning of the live read is so that he'd be in here by the time he was done. |
| 4:49
| Pete has to come over and put his CD in because apparently Steve doesn't know how to do it. |
| 4:50
| There's no Post-It note on Pete's CD of course. There's a Post-It note shortage around here but Steve can spring for some more. |
| 4:51
| We might need to get an intern around here. We have Tina and Stephanie but they're actually in the office working. We need a high school or college cheerleader-type. |
| 4:52
| Steve doesn't know where to get interns from. Stephanie and Tina were interns and they turned out great. Tina actually started as Pete McMurray's intern. |
| 4:53
| Steve could probably steal one from Bonnie but all of her interns are dudes who look like Pugsly from Addams Family. Steve feels there are too many dudes in radio. |
| 4:54
| Is Pete mad because he wasn't first today? Was he scorning the Plain White T's because they're popular? |
| 4:55
| Where's Pete's music at? The way things work is that things stay like they always are unless Steve changes them. Pete needs to leave now and then we'll play his song and he can come back. |
| 4:56
| Pete is worse than Buzz in terms of being a creature of habit. At least with Buzz if something changes he can recover quickly. Pete is a mess for weeks afterwards. |
| 4:57
| Buzz would like to see a deadline implemented for Pete. If he doesn't clean it out by a certain date then we'll do it for him. How can he ever work in there? He has to reach over giant stacks of tapes just to hit a button. |
| 4:58
| Every time Steve goes in there it creeps him out. Pete is married to those tapes but he should be married to a person. Buzz wonders what Pete would do if he came in on Monday and the tapes were gone? |
| 4:59
| Pete would probably be fine with it, although it would take him a while to really get over it. That would never happen though so Pete has nothing to worry about. No one will come in there over the weekend and take all his tapes away while he's out doing all his cool stuff. |
| 5:00
| Pete might have to camp out in his studio over the weekend just to make sure his tapes don't go any where. Throw another tape on the fire! |
| 5:07
| Is there anyway Pete could turn down his theme music a little bit? It's so loud that Steve has to fade it down. If he had to fade something down then he'll forget to fade it back up. |
| 5:08
| Drew is still working on getting Steve a jet ride to Des Moines next week to rehears with The Nadas. They're busy on the weekends and it's really hard to get there. |
| 5:09
| Steve had fun in Des Moines and he was going to try to go there next weekend, but he'd prefer to fly there on BlueStar after the show one night. |
| 5:10
| Steve was in a meeting with Drew today which he had to leave early to get to the show. There's far too much chitchat in a meeting and it's usually Drew talking about how radio works. |
| 5:11
| Drew has only gotten as far as pitching the idea to BlueStar and them saying they think it's a good idea. |
| 5:12
| Steve doesn't want to make The Nadas come here to rehearse since he's the one who wants to do it once more. Plus he stayed in what was essentially the nicest hotel in Des Moines and it sucked. They might have had bed bugs. |
| 5:13
| Actually Steve was bitten up by mosquitoes when they went to go get ice cream at Snooky's. |
| 5:14
| Steve thought the band would want to be going out and getting crazy but they were getting malts at 9:30 at night. Then they wanted to go see one of their friends play some Elvis Costello songs. |
| 5:15
| Then Jason started yawning. Steve told him if he was going to yawn at 9:30 he should take the nose ring out. |
| 5:16
| There seemed to be a lot of guys in Des Moines who look just like Steve. His family is from Minnesota though. |
| 5:17
| Buzz always sees people who look like Steve when he's on vacation. It doesn't matter if he's in Jamaica or Wisconsin, there's always a guy who looks like Steve. |
| 5:18
| There was a guy in the bar where The Nadas friend was playing and Steve thought it was a relative. |
| 5:19
| So Drew is working on the BlueStar thing. One thing he does is makes you think he's worked it out and then it never gets done. He really upsells things at the start. |
| 5:20
| Drew is offering to drive Steve to Des Moines if he can't get the jet deal done. They could stop at Chick-Fil-A or something. |
| 5:21
| Buzz needs to take Drew aside and tell him to stop doing stuff like this. Buzz would settle for a ride to Arlington if Drew's going out there. |
| 5:22
| Mary actually set up a car to take Buzz out there. In typical Buzz fashion he waited until 4:00 today to ask for a ride. He's a 62-year old man, he should be able to find his own way to work! |
| 5:26
| Pete is here for a late-edition of Music Snob Corner but really Steve wants Buzz to scrutinize him. |
| 5:27
| Pete has about five thousand VHS tapes stacked up all around him that are impeding his work. |
| 5:28
| Pete has tapes of TV shows going back to 1996. Steve doesn't want to mess with success though because whenever he needs some audio Pete has it. Steve just gets a sick feeling when he goes in there, that same kind of feeling you get when you go into a prison or mental hospital. |
| 5:29
| Pete has a list today but he hasn't given it to Steve. This happens all the time. Steve will ask for the list and it'll have funny band or song names. Then the next week Pete will give him a list that isn't funny. |
| 5:30
| This week's songs are about horses because of Arlington and the Kentucky Derby. His selection is Chips Ahoy by The Hold Steady, which is about a horse. |
| 5:31
| Song: Chips Ahoy, The Hold Steady |
| 5:34
| Steve flat-out liked that song and he has no reservations about liking it. He even liked the subject matter. That songs not about a girl though, it's just about a girl who bet on a horse named Chips Ahoy. If that guy is singing all that right to a horse Steve has to take back what he said about the song. |
| 5:40
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:42
| It's time for Meat Talk with our own Chef Hans. Hans brought Steve a t-shirt but didn't bring one for Buzz. |
| 5:43
| Hans saw Buzz's long face and decided to give him his plate from last month's Escoffier dinner. Hans has plenty of them so he doesn't need another. Steve can see Buzz toss the plate out of his cab on Lake Shore Drive like a frisbee. |
| 5:44
| Last week Steve was asking Hans about the brie that was served at the Escoffier dinner. Hans made some and brought it in. The cheese is on a very thin crouton. |
| 5:45
| The only thing missing is a thin glaze of port wine. Steve didn't even notice that. That was when he tried to take his shirt off and Hans stopped him right? |
| 5:46
| Hans also brought some apples to go with the brie. Buzz was able to sample the entire package. See! Package comes up all the time in normal conversation. |
| 5:47
| Steve feels like a European broadcaster with the brie and the apples. |
| 5:48
| The first email is from David, who wants to know the secret of grilling juicy pork chops. |
| 5:49
| Hans recommends leaving the pork chops outside next to the grill, covered, for about a half hour. That way it can reach room temperature. |
| 5:50
| It's not recommend to cook pork medium rare. Steve thought that didn't matter any more. Didn't they breed out all the trichinosis? |
| 5:51
| Steve doesn't like his pork medium rare because it looks gross. You want to cook it to about 155-160º on a grill that's at 400-500º. When you're done cooking set it to the side to let it simmer for a little bit. |
| 5:52
| It also depends on what quality of pork you get. You want to look for pork that has white fat and almost resembles veal. |
| 5:53
| Trichinosis is rare in the US today, there are about 12 cases reported per year which is still too much for Hans. |
| 5:54
| The next emailer is having some friends over for the Kentucky Derby and is looking for a traditional dish to serve. How about horse chops with mint julep? There are still countries in Europe that eat horse. Hans has had it and it's a little sweeter than beef. Won't your friends be surprised when they found out they're eating horse meat? |
| 5:55
| The final question is from a guy who has sent Steve a lot of emails already. He's probably trying to get the free dinner. |
| 5:56
| The guy wants to know the different between Kobe and Waygu beef. Kobe can only be called Kobe if it's from Japan. Waygu is Kobe-style but it's from the U.S. |
| 6:03
| Steve really misses the Tom Leykis wine show that was on Saturdays. |
| 6:04
| Steve's buddy Shu is stopping by the Arlington broadcast. Buzz has heard so much about him, he can't wait to meet him. |
| 6:05
| Based on Shu's email he seems really pumped, although all of them come with that red exclamation point. He's just always pumped probably. |
| 6:06
| Shu was wondering if he could bring anything to the broadcast like a Japan travel guide. He really wants Steve to go to Japan. When Buzz meets him he's going to want a Japanese friend of his own. |
| 6:07
| Shu is very energetic but he's not high maintenance. He does more things than Steve wants to do, although he can't understand why Steve doesn't want to do them. |
| 6:08
| There's a guy who Steve has been emailing back and forth who works for a high-end microphone/headphone company. He sent Steve some headphones to try out and emailed him yesterday to see if he'd got them |
| 6:09
| As it turns out the engineering department got the headphones and thought they were going to be billed for them so they got sent back. They hardly do anything around here except send your stuff back. |
| 6:10
| Stephanie from the office looked into the headphones and John the engineer said that he received them and thought they were a free trial until the station was build. Sure, it's the old headphone scam. |
| 6:11
| The guy from the headphone company said he sent the headphones to Steve by UPS blue. How did they end up with John? |
| 6:12
| This is like the time where Buzz got Dan Falato's iPod. Then Dan didn't want the iPod back even though he never used it. |
| 6:19
| Live read: Atlantis Gentlemen's Club |
| 6:20
| Steve did not go into the humidor at Atlantis but he did walk by it. The whole place was really nice. It's like an upscale hotel lobby with nude women. |
| 6:21
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 6:22
| Steve's a little off on his timing right now. Maybe going from the strip club to the restaurant wasn't the best choice he's ever made. |
| 6:23
| There was a lot of gear shifting going on in Steve's head to move from one to the other. |
| 6:24
| Steve has some quick sports to do, he won't even use the music. |
| 6:25
| The Cubs and Sox are off today. Tomorrow the Sox start a three game series in Anaheim and the Cubs come home to play the Nationals. |
| 6:26
| The Bears first round draft pick Greg Olsen intends to sign his first NFL contract in time to start training camp. That's what you like to hear. |
| 6:27
| Steve doesn't see G-Reg letting Drew Rosenhaus push him around and try to get him to hold out. |
| 6:28
| The 3-point line in college basketball will be moved back a foot next season. Does that make it the same as the pros? Brendan's not here so Tina is answering the phone. She does cover sports for the Sun-Times but it's only girls high school volleyball. |
| 6:29
| The St. Louis Cardinals attended a memorial service in Tupelo, Mississippi today for pitcher Josh Hancock. |
| 6:30
| Apparently some pot was found in Hancock's car. He was also driving a rental car because he had been involved in another traffic accident earlier in the week. |
| 6:31
| That's one thing being left out of this story, although it seems important to mention. |
| 6:39
| There's a guy on hold who has some info about the 3-point line but MIke Dahl said it's still not the same as the pros. |
| 6:40
| Steve went out to apologize to Tina and she hadn't even heard what he said earlier. He figured she's always in rapt attention listening to the show because it's so exciting to be up here. |
| 6:41
| Brendan's not answering phones because he's getting ready for his show. Buzz just ran into him in the hallway and was very happy to be able to talk to him as an equal. |
| 6:42
| Steve sees Matt all the time and he barely even talks to him. He just says stuff like "get the old stuff off the future carpet man!" That's sort of mean. |
| 6:43
| Before Buzz does the news, Steve wants to know about the David Hasselhoff video. Buzz hasn't heard much but apparently he struggles with alcohol. He'll got to rehab and then come out and have a bit too much. |
| 6:44
| A few months ago, his daughter walked into his Vegas hotel room to find him half-naked and drunk, on the floor, trying to eat a hamburger. Buzz hasn't seen the video she made to show him when he sobered him. Buzz is the least curious newsman Steve has ever met. |
| 6:45
| Hasselhoff was in a Vegas hotel room because he's appearing in The Producers. That's gotta be a long night for the audience! |
| 6:46
| In the video Hasselhoff is trying to eat what looks like an In-and-Out burger. At one point it falls apart on him so he just gets down on his hands and knees like a dog and tries to eat it right off the wrapper. |
| 6:47
| How does this video get out if it's in your personal collection? That seems to happen all the time though? What are the odds, if you're Pam and Tommy Lee that you make a sex tape and suddenly it gets out to the public. |
| 6:48
| News with Buzz |
| 6:49
| Senator Barack Obama has been placed under the protection of the Secret Service. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has not pointed to any specific threats but he authorized the extra protection. Steve's guessing it's because he's black. |
| 6:50
| Queen Elizabeth II visited Virginia today to mark the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony. Steve has never heard her talk, he had no idea his impersonation was so right on the money. HULLO! |
| 6:51
| The Queen plans on visiting the Virginia Tech campus during her trip. What for? Does she want one of those sweet hats? |
| 6:56
| Back to the news room with Buzz |
| 6:57
| Time Magazine has left George Bush off it's list of most influential people. That's gotta be depressing. |
| 6:58
| A Chicago man will not face any criminal charges after 4 human skulls were discovered in his apartment. As it turns out there was no boiling skull in a pot either. |
| 6:59
| Last night Jim kid sent Steve a link to that story on Chicagoist. They were suggesting that maybe it was a publicity stunt cooked up by JoJo Baby. He seemed readily available to be on camera and the other guy couldn't wait to give people tours of his apartment and let them photograph the skulls. |
| 7:00
| Then they had Tony Fitzpatrick on the news to explain skulls. |
| 7:01
| Brendan's not coming out to Arlington tomorrow. He'll be back here holding down the fort. Didn't he have some sort of hook-up or something? |
| 7:02
| One of Brendan's friends works at Arlington and wanted to meet Steve. So he has a hook-up? |
| 7:03
| Steve never heard back from Matt about whether he was coming. Matt actually has media credentials. That doesn't mean he can get in Steve's suite. |
| 7:04
| This is what Steve was talking about, Matt's big timing him. If Matt's going to come he has to tell someone so they can put his name on the list. He just can't wear jeans. |
| 7:05
| Matt might be out then because he only has jeans. Brendan says he can wear jean shorts. Only if they're really tight and go along with some knee high socks with sweet colored stripes on the top. |
