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| 2:00
| Steve brought in a Ziploc bag full of cicadas and they're making a lot of noise. One of them is trying to escape, that's the smart one. |
| 2:01
| The cicadas are talking because they feel a presence in Stan and Terry's studio. They know their relatives have been slaughtered in there. It's the cicadian rhythm. |
| 2:02
| Steve brought in more cicadas for Matt even though he said he wasn't going to eat any more. Matt and Brendan cook up the cicadas, eat them and then throw up which is pretty funny. |
| 2:03
| There are actually a ton of cicadas out by Steve. Stan saw on TV today that there are a ton of seagulls in Beverly eating all the cicadas. Steve's dogs have also been eating a lot of cicadas. |
| 2:04
| Matt keeps coming out to the house to get the cicadas himself but that seems like a long way to go. Brendan doesn't seem as into it as Matt is. |
| 2:05
| Stan is wondering if Steve is noticing more cicadas this time than the last time around. Steve doesn't really feel like going down memory lane here. |
| 2:06
| Stan has only seen one cicada so far, hanging out on the redwood playset in the backyard. Steve loves when Stan drops the redwood on him. It's not just a playset it's a redwood playset. |
| 2:06
| The cicadas aren't that exciting but Stan's welcome to come out to the house and look at them or just look at the ones in the bag. |
| 2:07
| Could Stan and Terry be any more city? Terry handed Steve a mallet thinking the cicadas would gravitate towards it because it's made of wood. Then Bonnie brought in a wooden CD rack. |
| 2:08
| It's not like cicadas eat wood or anything. They don't eat anything really. There are some people out by Steve with nets around their trees all of the sudden. That sounds like a scam that some guy goes around and pulls every 17 years. Cicadas don't eat anything. |
| 2:09
| It's probably the same guy who convinced Steve to get his driveway sealed with what he claimed was the same stuff they use on runways at O'Hare. Then the next time Steve flew he realized the runways were made of concrete, not black top. |
| 2:10
| Caller Jason heard that people put the nets up because the cicadas burrow into trees to lay their eggs which can make the tree susceptible to all sorts of bad thinks. It sounds like Jason was duped into buying one of those cicada nets. |
| 2:11
| Terry's anniversary dinner at Hugo's went really well, Steve was right about the valet. |
| 2:12
| Terry still had to tell the valet guy who he was though but he kept it right out in front for him. |
| 2:14
| Stan and Terry still haven't done their Don Cheadle interview. Today's they're going to a screening of Hostel 2 which will probably be exactly like the first one. |
| 2:15
| Steve's going to make a horror movie about cicadas. 17 years ago we were eating them and now they're eating us! |
| 2:24
| Is that different music for Pete today? He's actually been using it for the last few weeks. Pete did not go and retrieve the box Steve threw out did he? |
| 2:25
| Pete didn't go get the box but he assumed Steve was kidding. Steve's only going to talk to Pete about the boxes with Buzz in the studio. Some people might think Steve sounds mean but Buzz will be the only one who backs him up 100% |
| 2:26
| Steve had to take the box somewhere that Pete wouldn't look for it. Pete went into the hallway by the freight elevator looking for his box but it wasn't there. |
| 2:27
| Steve feels this will be very freeing for Pete once it's all over. He might have to do more than one box per day but if he does that he'll need a hand cart. |
| 2:28
| Even Tina and Stephanie were making fun of Pete because they found a tape in there that hat an episode of the short-lived Whoopi Goldberg sitcom on it. |
| 2:29
| Steve might sound mean but it's really hard to grasp what is happening in Pete's studio without actually seeing it. This is all for Pete's own good but he does still have a lot of tapes in there. |
| 2:30
| The area surrounding Pete has tapes from 2007 and the fall of 2006. The rest of 2006 and 2005 are on the wall in tape racks. |
| 2:31
| The turnaround from network air date to DVD is getting much shorter so Pete doesn't even need the recent stuff. And it doesn't matter if he doesn't have stuff from older shows. If Pete actually used a drop from the Whoopi Goldberg sitcom he'd have to explain what it was. |
| 2:32
| If Steve catches Pete trying to save one of the boxes then they'll all go at once. The same deal is still in place where Steve will take three random tapes out and determine if they're usable. |
| 2:33
| Forget about Pete, those tapes are in everyone else's way too. Pete is a complete nut job. Before the show Steve went in his studio to try to talk to him and he had his headphones on and Stan and Terry's show blaring. |
| 2:34
| Steve wanted to give Pete some instructions for the daily Taco Bell delivery. Steve wants Tequila to go on his 360 machine but he also wants to use another tape during the segment and the machine can't do two things at once. |
| 2:35
| Steve has always wanted two 360 machines but people keep stopping him from buying one. Mainly it's Mary who thinks he doesn't need another one, plus it's just one more thing for him to screw up. |
| 2:36
| After last night's show Pete was reeling from the disappearance of his first box. He was also mad and wanted to go to the store and buy himself $2000 worth of DVDs on the corporate card. |
| 2:37
| All of those tapes make Steve look crazy and he spends a lot of time trying to not look crazy. |
| 2:38
| Steve saw that Pete wants to play two songs today and gave him $20 to do so. Can you do that? Steve will keep the money and see what happens. |
| 2:39
| Steve assumes the first song he wants to play is The New Pornographers because all of the tapes were about porn. We can play the other song later, we're here until 7:00. We've also got Cheeseburger in Paradise here. |
| 2:40
| Steve saw those guys unloading all their stuff when he got in, they were like The Nadas. They actually set up a Cheeseburger in Paradise in the kitchen, there's a tiki hut and a guy singing Buffett songs. Actually the guy singing is Drew. |
| 2:41
| Song: My Right Versus Yours, New Pornographers |
| 2:44
| Is that The New Pornographers or just New Pornographers? The kids don't like to use "the" any more. Pete put "the" on his tracklist, he's slipping. Plus Steve actually liked that song. |
| 2:45
| Joining Steve and Pete is Buzz at his usually late start time on Thursday. Lately Buzz has really been encouraging Steve to talk to Tan and Sterry and long as he wants to because it's sounding great. |
| 2:46
| So Pete didn't get his box of tapes back last night but he tried to. Right now that Polish cleaning guy with the bad BO is probably enjoying TV shows from 3 or 4 years ago. |
| 2:47
| You feel bad for the cleaning guy with the bad BO because he works really hard. Pete occasionally sees him with other cleaning guys, you'd think they would say something. |
| 2:48
| It's ironic in a certain sense because after he's done cleaning nothing seems clean because of the smell. |
| 2:49
| Steve is having another box of tapes wheeled in and he's going to go through it right in front of Pete. Steve enjoys the act of picking up the box himself though, it makes him feel more part of the act. It's also a very violent, male, territorial act. It doesn't have the same feel when two girls pick it up and put it on a dolly and then wheel it in. |
| 2:50
| Right on the top of the box is a tape from 2002. On 4/04/02 we've got Survivor and CSI. Also the same two shows from the following week. |
| 2:51
| On 4/29/02 we've got King of Queens, Raymond and Becker. On 5/15/02 the Bernie Mac finale. There's only one Bernie Mac tape we play and it's not from his show. On 5/20/02 the King of Queens finale, as well as Raymond and Becker. |
| 2:52
| So none of those are good. Every one of those shows is either on DVD or on The U five times a day. |
| 2:53
| Buzz is struggling to imagine a scenario that would drive Pete to any one of those boxes or tapes. |
| 2:54
| Pete might use one of those tapes if he remembered there was an episode of say Bernie Mac where the wife had TB. Then he'd go on the internet and find the episode. |
| 2:55
| That guy who had TB should be put in jail. His doctors told him not to fly, his dad told him not to fly and he's a lawyer. The guy looks like a chach too. He looks like a lawyer chach that Steve would meet in a Buckhead bar, beat senseless and then nail his wife. |
| 2:56
| The next tape is from 2002 and has episodes of Futurama, Six Feet Under and The Simpsons. Pete remembers the Futurama episode having Star Trek mentions. Steve doesn't do Star Trek stuff. |
| 2:57
| On 4/06/02, Trading Spaces and Traffic with a smoking drop. Some of the notes on these tapes might just be ones that Pete made while sitting at home on a Saturday. He probably grabbed the drops then right? |
| 2:58
| So that's three tapes. Steve's willing to dig deeper but all of these episodes are 5 years old. |
| 2:59
| Steve has found a tape from 1999, we've gone back to the last millennium! |
| 3:00
| Steve feels that anything we really need for the show you can get on DVD or on iTunes. |
| 3:01
| Just yesterday iTunes released a whole bunch of their songs without the digital copyrights on them. It costs a little more and Steve's not sure if you can go back and repurchase all of your old songs. Even though it costs more it's worth it because if you like something you can burn it for people instead of having to gift it. |
| 3:02
| Of course Ron Lewis doesn't do the iTunes gifting. Steve was just talking to Ron today about a supposed hook-up he's getting at the Apple Store. It became way too complicated though and now Ron needs his driver's license and corporate credit card. |
| 3:03
| Of course since Ron was working on the whole thing he'll probably bill Steve for his time, therefore negating the discount. |
| 3:04
| Stephanie is taking the box out of the studio and will bring it down to the trash compactor. Pete wants her to grab a few out of there like he likes but she doesn't listen to him. |
| 3:05
| Buzz feels this will open up a whole new chapter in Pete's life. Why does he need episodes of Trading Spaces from 4 years ago? Steve loved that show but that doesn't mean Pete needs to keep the tapes. |
| 3:06
| Steve didn't start watching the show until that Paige girl game on board. Steve was also hot for several of the female decorators but he can't remember their names. |
| 3:07
| Caller Nick has some info about the iTunes thing. They added the iTunes Plus feature but it's only available for albums or songs on certain labels. You can go back and upgrade the other songs you have for an extra 30¢. |
| 3:08
| Apple also announced a hard drive upgrade for the AppleTV and HD downloads for iTunes. Steve can't wait for his iPhone either. Ron's probably working his Apple Store connection right now, he'll just need Steve's driver's license. |
| 3:09
| Mark Czerniec is on the phone and he wanted to remind Steve that even without the DRM on the iTunes songs they still can't be shared with everyone. You can share them with other people though. |
| 3:10
| One thing Mark has seen on the internet is that your iTunes user name and password are encoded on each song so you might not want to share it with everyone. |
| 3:11
| Steve will have to call Ron Lewis and get him on all this with his connection at the Apple Store. |
| 3:16
| It's time for Steve and Buzz to have some cheeseburgers. In the studio is Joe, the manager of the Cheeseburger in Paradise in Downers Grove. |
| 3:17
| Steve and Buzz are now the proud owners of a new Cheeseburger in Paradise that Joe built in the kitchen. Of course radio people never pay for anything so it probably wouldn't work out. |
| 3:18
| Cheeseburger in Paradise have been looking for a place downtown for a new location. They should get rid of that stupid Rainforest Cafe and put in a Cheeseburger in Paradise. |
| 3:19
| Joe also brought bar manager Mary and Mandy the bartender. They took a little field trip downtown today because Steve hasn't been able to get everyone out there yet. |
| 3:20
| Today Steve and Buzz will be having the mini cheeseburger appetizers which just gets you ready for the big cheeseburger. It's like the undercard of a heavy-weight fight. |
| 3:21
| It's all coming in at once including some party drinks of the non-alcoholic variety. |
| 3:22
| Buzz needs some ketchup before he eats his burger. All of this was cooked back in the kitchen. It looked like a rock band was loading in. |
| 3:23
| Joe could have just brought regular burgers and reheated them and it would have still been good. |
| 3:24
| These sweet potato chips are really good too. Steve wouldn't think he'd like a sweet potato chip but they're good. |
| 3:25
| The burgers are huge and they're only $8 or so. They could be charging $20 for these. |
| 3:26
| Buzz has probably heard Cheeseburger in Paradise a million times but it probably never registered with him that it's how Jimmy Buffett likes his burgers. |
| 3:27
| We've completely lost Buzz to the hamburger, they're now sharing a brain. It's hard for Steve to eat in front of the girls though. He can see the cartoon balloons above their head. |
| 3:28
| All of the Cheeseburger in Paradise people are really happy with Steve's live reads. Steve told Joe when he went out to the restaurant that he'd take care of him. |
| 3:29
| Steve's good with just doing these live reads forever and then maybe Joe could come down once a month and cook up some burgers. |
| 3:30
| Joe should try to make some money off the people around here today selling burgers but that probably won't happen. Drew has probably stolen all of his ground beef already. If he sees a short bald guy running away with buns he can trip him. |
| 3:36
| Buzz ate that whole cheeseburger. The word on the street is he did it in 4 bites, he's like a snake. That's why he couldn't talk. |
| 3:37
| Joe took the food out because otherwise Steve would keep eating. Then Buzz went and got his Key Lime pie back. Steve wouldn't mind getting his back too. |
| 3:38
| Most of the Key Lime pie you get isn't authentic unless you're in Florida. There's a certain tartness that real Key Lime pie has, you have to use a real Key Lime. The pie Joe brought was authentic, it was pretty close to the kind Buzz's mom used to make. |
| 3:39
| Steve's going to play Pete's other song although he doesn't know where he is. He's probably weeping in his studio our out looking for his box of tapes. |
| 3:40
| Pete could have stayed in their and had a cheeseburger but he thought Steve and Buzz could handle it. That's probably better why would he want to have any fun? |
| 3:41
| The next song is by Spoon who has a new album coming out this summer. Pete feels it's going to be the hot record of the summer. He said that about Gnarls Barkley last year and he was right. |
| 3:42
| Is this stuff that you can get everywhere? The New Pornographers is available on iTunes. Pete said "the" again, what's wrong with him?! He's not hip is he? He's getting too old. |
| 3:43
| The Spoon album has not come out yet. Wouldn't it be better to play stuff that people can get on iTunes? Pete just wants to be the first one to play the song so he can tell people that when he hears it in a bar. That's what this is all about isn't it? |
| 3:44
| Song: The Underdog, Spoon |
| 3:46
| There ya go, Spoon. The cicadas were really rockin' to that one. Steve brought in some cicadas for Matt and Brendan. |
| 3:47
| They were making more noise earlier. Imagine that multiplied by a million. Are Matt and Brendan still eating cicadas? |
| 3:48
| Those were two good songs that Pete played, Buzz was amazed. Steve had to wonder what the catch was but the catch is that you can't get the songs anywhere yet and the albums don't come out for months. |
| 3:49
| Pete was hoping to revisit the songs close to the album's release dates. Steve will make sure to pencil that in. |
| 3:52
| On the phone is Luke Stuckmeyer from Comcast Sportsnet. He's feeling a little depressed about these baseball teams, do we need to talk about them? |
| 3:53
| Steve's favorite thing that has happened in sports recently is A-Rod distracting the Blue Jays shortstop when he was trying to field a pop-up. Then the Yankees won. |
| 3:54
| The Blue Jays are mad about it but so what? If you're a basketball player and a guy is making a shot you're going to run up and get in his face. |
| 3:55
| Steve can only assume that the next time the Yankees play the Blue Jays A-Rod is going to get nailed. Based on what he's seen lately it seems like he already is getting nailed. |
| 3:56
| Steve likes A-Rod and Derek Jeter, he doesn't care what anyone says. There isn't a fan on either side of town who wouldn't want either one of them on their team. |
| 3:57
| Steve was going to take Mike Dahl to the Sox game on Monday for Roger Clemens 2007 debut but then ESPN moved the start time up to 6:00. Where do they get off changing Steve's start time? |
| 3:58
| Steve could still go with him but he wouldn't get there until the middle of the game so what's the point? Mike's going to go with one of his friend's who's a big Yankees fan. |
| 3:59
| There's really nothing else going on is there? Luke talked to Ben Gordon about Kobe Bryant because his name is being mentioned in rumored trade talks. |
| 4:00
| Kobe just needs to make up his mind about what he wants. He wants Phil Jackson then he doesn't want him. He wants Jerry West then he doesn't. |
| 4:01
| Steve doesn't really watch a lot of Cubs baseball so he's not sure what's wrong with them but it seems like their bullpen is the problem. The Sox are having bullpen problems as well but their offense is horrible. |
| 4:02
| The Cubs offense is sporadic. They have one of the better batting averages in the NL while the Sox have one of the worst in the AL. |
| 4:03
| Steve didn't call Luke Stuckwad today because it seemed to hinder them. Luke couldn't stop thinking about it. |
| 4:04
| Buzz doesn't think anyone wants wad attached to their names unless it's Johnny or maybe Stevie. |
| 4:07
| It's gonna be sweet when Lou finally explodes. That's why they call him Sweet Lou. |
| 4:08
| Live read: Salvation Army |
| 4:09
| Salvation Army brought some donuts in for their Donut Day. There's a lot of food coming in. |
| 4:10
| Steve got an update from Drew about the big brainstorming session today. Rod Zimmerman was there as well as Drew and that new guy Gabe Kaplan or whatever is name is. Just to be clear, Drew does not answer to Gabe! |
| 4:11
| Dan Falato was also there and he of course broke Steve and Buzz's heart by not inviting them to his Memorial Day party. |
| 4:12
| Steve initially thought the meeting would just be him, Buzz, Drew, Rod and that Gabe Kaplan guy plus maybe Dan. Turns out it was all those people plus Jen the sales manager, Jill from marketing and Adam and Carolyn. |
| 4:13
| Steve initially agreed to that but then realized that he doesn't want to sit in this meeting selling everyone on The Package. |
| 4:14
| If someone else came up with an idea better than The Package Steve would be fine with that. He has nothing to gain from The Package. |
| 4:15
| Jen and Jill came up to Steve's office today with Drew for their normal weekly meeting. The brainstorming meeting had a free lunch of course. The food was just to fuel their storming. You can't storm on an empty stomach. |
| 4:16
| Drew's finally recap of the meeting was that they were unable to reach a consensus which Steve predicted would happen. |
| 4:17
| Buzz needs to know just for his own personal edification who voted against The Package. Steve thinks it's just Dan and Drew. Everyone else doesn't care they're probably just sick of Dan and Drew, who are clearly not clever. |
| 4:18
| Then Drew told Steve they're going to have some focus groups which Steve thinks is a good idea if they do it right. They should just pick random people off the street who meet the criteria. |
| 4:19
| Instead, Drew wants to do several handpicked focus groups. One of them would be made up of Steve Dahl listeners, one of Garry Meier listeners and another group off the website. |
| 4:20
| First of all, you don't need to do the group of Steve's listeners because they're going to like anything he comes up with. Why does Garry get a group though? He's only been here for 2 months. |
| 4:21
| It seems pointless to have focus groups full of people who already listen. If you already listen you don't care what this place is called. |
| 4:22
| Steve's glad that he didn't go to the meeting, he saved himself two hours. He was really mad hearing that they didn't reach a consensus, imagine what would have happened if he'd gone to the meeting. He'd probably be in jail right now wearing a blood-soaked shirt. |
| 4:23
| Of course if Steve had gone to the meeting there would be no question about who voted against The Package. Those people would probably been in the corner stacked up like cordwood. |
| 4:24
| Steve's going to call down to Drew's office and see who voted for what slogan. He'll probably give that info up right away. |
| 4:25
| Drew's not even going to answer. He's probably in the kitchen getting his free cheeseburger. Buzz thinks we should call Adam. Steve would hate to put Adam in that position because he would give up the information. |
| 4:26
| Caller Kay owns a focus group company. She thinks that you need current listeners at least to start with. |
| 4:27
| Steve can't believe Garry gets his own subgroup in the focus group though. He's only been here for 2 weeks! Did Buzz see what Steve did there? First it was 2 months then 2 weeks. Next it'll be 2 days. |
| 4:28
| The irony is that the station is too cheap to pay for a real focus group. They'll just have a bunch of yahoos signing up on the website because they get free t-shirts. Of course that probably means The Package will win. |
| 4:29
| Kay ballparks the 3 focus groups at about $24,000. The station will never pay for that. They're better off just going with The Package until it fails. Of course then they'll just blame everything on Steve. |
| 4:30
| Hasn't anyone ever seen 12 Angry Men? It's really hard to get a consensus with that many people. Plus at some point you're in a meeting with your boss and you're going to agree with him. |
| 4:31
| At some point it doesn't matter what they call the station to Steve and Buzz as long as they keep doing good shows. |
| 4:32
| Steve would like to know what the consensus was between. It seems like a pretty sad brainstorming session if they can only come up with 2 ideas. |
| 4:33
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:34
| Is it wrong that Steve wants that TB guy to die? He was told several times that he shouldn't fly and he did anyway. Then his doctor told him to wear a mask and he didn't. |
| 4:35
| Then he learned he couldn't fly back here so he flew to Canada and drove back in. Plus his passport didn't set off any warnings at the border which is a great sign for Homeland Security. Plus the guy is just some chach Atlanta lawyer. |
| 4:36
| In other news, The Spam King has been arrested. Steve always though he'd hear Ed Silha's name attached to The Spam King. |
| 4:36
| Why did this guy send out all that spam? Were they advertisements or those letters from the guy in Nigeria? |
| 4:37
| The e-mail invite for Nicole Richie's Memorial Day party was obtained by Life & Style Magazine. Steve feels this story isn't true but Buzz has seen articles where her people are commenting on it. |
| 4:38
| In the invitation Richie says that no girls over 100 pounds will be allowed in and that the girls should get drunk, pass out and wake up with their pants torn at the seams. |
| 4:39
| The invitation wasn't for a real party it was just a joke she sent out to her friends. |
| 4:43
| Buzz is down the hall putting his tux on. The Mark Shale guys came in earlier today for a final fitting and then the brought back the suit so he could try it on. |
| 4:44
| Song: Carmelita, Warren Zevon |
| 4:48
| Steve didn't want to gasp prematurely when Buzz came in his tux so he had to sit in silence during the song. Steve doesn't appreciate Buzz looking better in the tux than he does. |
| 4:49
| This has been quite a day for Buzz. Free cheeseburgers, a tuxedo, donuts and there's still tacos coming. |
| 4:50
| Buzz hasn't seen what he looks like but he can only imagine it. Steve thought he looked good and he's a short, fat guy. Buzz is tall and slender with the Thor Heyerdahl beard. |
| 4:51
| Scott from Mark Shale thought Steve looked excellent in his tux and so did his wife. She actually has a picture of him in his tux as her screensaver. |
| 4:52
| Steve was told he could wear the tux for Pat Dahl's wedding. Scott wants to work on getting him a real bow tie. Steve's fine with the clip on. |
| 4:53
| Steve needs some more casual clothing also, perhaps a sport coat. He'll need something to wear to court in case he's ticketed going 30 over. Buzz thinks he could wear his tux to court or maybe when he's gambling at the Blue Chip. |
| 4:54
| A tux at the Blue Chip would definitely be overkill, most of the people are in shorts and t-shirt. They'd probably think Steve was the maitre' d at the steakhouse. |
| 4:55
| Steve felt really good in his tux though, except for the minor freak-out when he lost the black studs. There weren't many women hanging off him like he had hoped but there weren't too many at the dinner. |
| 4:56
| Steve did take some photos with the few women who were at the dinner as well as Chef Hans and Lex Luthor. |
| 4:57
| Chef's manager looks exactly like Lex Luthor, Steve thought he was in a Superman comic. |
| 4:58
| Buzz will be keeping his tux on for a formal newscast at 6:00. Maybe there will actually be some news in the newscast. It could be more like the BBC international report. |
| 5:02
| Steve thought Buzz would take off his tux but he's still wearing it. Now that everyone has adopted Casual Friday should Steve and Buzz enact Formal Friday? |
| 5:03
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:04
| Steve played the demo of Carmelita before and now he'd like to play the original version. Steve has been wanting to read the new book that Warren Zevon's wife just wrote. |
| 5:05
| The book mentions the fact that as Zevon was dying he told his son that he was in charge of getting rid of his porn collection. As it turns out all the porn featured Warren nailing various chicks which seems unfair to do to your kid. On the other hand, let your freak flag fly. |
| 5:06
| Pat Dahl lives right by the Pioneer Fried Chicken which is mentioned in Carmelita. Steve keeps telling him to go because it's really good and it's mentioned in a song but he hasn't yet. |
| 5:07
| Song: Carmelita, Warren Zevon |
| 5:11
| Steve keeps telling Pat to go to the Pioneer Chicken but he doesn't go. These kids today! |
| 5:12
| Remember when you hear Buzz from the first Dahlfins show be the 10th caller and you win two tickets to the next show at The Pearl Room. |
| 5:13
| Buzz has heard that tape so many times that he doesn't even remember the context. He wouldn't mind something different for the giveaways next week. |
| 5:14
| Steve still has those cicadas for Matt and Brendan but he's not sure if they're still eating them. One of the cicadas is definitely dead, another is almost dead but the other 4 seems very healthy. Only one of them is still making the mating noise though. It's probably realized that things aren't looking good in terms of getting laid. |
| 5:15
| Brendan has been asking Chef Hans for some cicada preparation techniques. Do they have the Foreman grill out again? |
| 5:16
| Bob and Ron are supposed to be out at a bar in Mokena tomorrow but as you'll recall yesterday Ron couldn't make it in because he had car trouble driving back from Colorado. Then Bob went ahead and rescheduled the segment for Friday or else a phoner with Ron. |
| 5:17
| Bob has left two more messages, one of which was truncated. Ron is still having a lot of trouble getting back home but they have an appearance tomorrow and their show on Friday. |
| 5:18
| Buzz gets the feeling that Ron is the one who keeps track of all the details so Bob is probably lost. They can come in tomorrow if they want, Steve doesn't care. Bob seemed very hurt about it though. He shouldn't be that hurt considering what a knucklehead he is. |
| 5:19
| Once again if Steve was charging for this show the tickets would cost $34.99. That price will probably go up after each show too. |
| 5:20
| Steve wrote a new song which he's been trying to work on with The Nadas. Now that it's summer they're out on the road every weekend so it's been hard to schedule a rehearsal. They haven't had too much trouble learning the songs so they can get together on the day of the show. |
| 5:21
| Buzz has no problem doing Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat again. It's a good song and he likes doing it. |
| 5:22
| Buzz actually doesn't care for Bob Dylan's version, it's like he went out of his way to make it sound musically obnoxious. |
| 5:23
| Steve's new song features a graphic sexual reference which actually offended Jason. Steve teased Jason about being offended and he hasn't heard from him since. Who knew he was a Bible-thumper? |
| 5:27
| Steve told Buzz what the line from the song was and it's actually something that's been said on the show. It's very surprising that Jason was offended. Steve thought Jason was a little bit more of a player than that. |
| 5:28
| The Nadas are sort of in their own world because they're on that bus all the time. Steve said it was a new song but Jason still asked if it was a new song. Maybe they stopped at a church on accident and got religion. |
| 5:29
| Buzz thinks we should take The Nadas to a GG Allen show. Buzz doesn't even really know how to describe GG, he was just a really offensive rocker who did all sorts of stuff on stage with bodily fluids and nudity and the American flag. |
| 5:30
| It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve switched things up a bit, he can't remember how things went yesterday. |
| 5:31
| Steve's almost ready to unveil his all-Taco Bell diet but for today he'll just have a taco. |
| 5:32
| Chef Hans is here, he wouldn't mind a little taste of some Taco Bell. |
| 5:33
| Steve has the Taco Bell bell from their website but now it's time for Meat Talk, which has it's own bell. |
| 5:34
| Hans is doing good even though it's rainy and human or as Hans says grainy and humid. Grainy & Humid, isn't that the name of a Werner Fassbinder movie? Or should Steve have said Ingmar Bergman? |
| 5:35
| The first Meat Talk question is about how to properly grill skirt steak. One problem with skirt steak is is that you can buy tough skirt steak which could be a problem. |
| 5:36
| You also need to marinate and tenderize skirt steak but not too much. Just score the meat and marinate it with salt, pepper and some olive oil. |
| 5:37
| The next emailer is cooking a pig leg for her son's 1st birthday party. The kid isn't even going to remember what happened at the party. |
| 5:38
| It seems like the butcher that sold her the meat told her how to prepare it but they don't want to listen to him. |
| 5:39
| Hans recommends putting some holes in the pig and them putting garlic in there. Or they could make a nice apricot sauce for it. These people sound like knuckleheads, they're not going to do any of that stuff. Maybe they should put the kid on the rotisserie? |
| 5:40
| The final emailer wants to know why everyone always says that filet mignon is the best cut of meat. Steve already doesn't like his attitude. Don't we go over this every week? |
| 5:41
| The emailer wants to know what Chef Hans orders when he goes out to eat. Actually this is a pretty good question. |
| 5:42
| When Hans is out to eat he gets a bone-in ribeye. Sometimes if he wants to kick it up a notch he'll order it with the cajun rub. |
| 5:43
| Steve feels bad that he was mean to the girl, maybe we should give her the dinner. Steve just can't help himself, he gets a taco in him and he goes crazy. |
| 5:47
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 5:48
| Time for a mailbag! It's a letter from Frijole Joe. He writes letters now? |
| 5:49
| Joe has received a final estimate for alterations to Big Steve's shirt. Right now he's wearing a gaudy Hawaiian shirt that Steve would like changed. |
| 5:50
| There's no way to remove the floral pattern of the shirt without damaging Big Steve. The other option is to remove the shirt portion and replace it with a t-shirt or a baseball jersey. The cost of that would be about $650. By the way, Steve Dahl & the Dahlfins shirts available at Dahl.com. |
| 5:51
| The other option would be to create a patch that would have a nametag on it. "Hello My Name is Steve Dahl". That sounds like the best solution and it's cheaper. It has to be an exact copy of the "Hello My Name Is..." sticker. |
| 5:52
| Steve's looking for other emails that he wants to read. He got one from a girl named Downtown Julie Brown. It doesn't seem like she's the same one who was an MTV VJ. |
| 5:53
| Julie emailed Steve to see if he needed a bus for his Dahlfins tour. Steve went to her company's website and they have some sweet options. |
| 5:54
| Steve wrote back that he was very interested and wanted to know more. That's just so he can see how free it will be for him. She wrote back and it seems cost prohibitive. |
| 5:55
| The bus would cost over $1000 per day which she says is only a little more than a limo. Not the limos that Steve rents. |
| 5:56
| The Pearl Room has nice dressing rooms so Steve doesn't even need a bus. He only needed a bus at the Cubby Bear North to compete with the one The Nadas had. |
| 5:57
| They just pulled their bus up and parked it all askew in the middle of the parking lot. Then they didn't even use it to hang out. They just sat in Steve's dressing room eating Buffalo wings and entertaining short stocky men. It's like they were saloon girls. |
| 5:58
| Should Big Steve's name tag say "Hello My Name is Big Steve"? Steve has no problem putting big in front of his name but he's the only one who will do it. Will people want him to call himself Big Steve on the air though? |
| 5:59
| It seems like the station should try to work out some sort of trade deal with this bus company. Drew can get on it. She says it'll cost between $1000-1200 per day and Drew can probably work her down to $1000-1200 per day. |
| 6:00
| This company has some really nice buses but renting one will cut into Steve's profits. It seems like a waste for him to just sit in the bus by himself the day of the show. |
| 6:01
| Maybe it could work if he took a bus to Des Moines to rehearse or something. Drew's probably already in contact with Julie as we speak. |
| 6:02
| You know Drew was at the big brainstorming session today although it wasn't really a storm, it was more like a dew. They were unable to come to a consensus on what to call the station. The only consensus was that they all enjoyed the free lunch. |
| 6:05
| In Steve's blog today he wrote a movie scene featuring the guy who had TB on the Air France flight. All day long Steve and Ed have been arguing about the proper format of a movie script and it's driving Steve nuts. |
| 6:06
| The day started with Steve asking Ed to put a link on Dahl.com to the Vice Advisor column. Ed replied that he didn't see it on the Tribune website. |
| 6:07
| Then they started in on the proper formatting for a movie script. It's fine now except the parentheticals aren't under the character names. It's driving Steve crazy but in fairness it's a short drive. Ed has stopped communicating now, he might just be sick of Steve. |
| 6:08
| Not to mention the fact that yesterday's Thought for the Day didn't go out until 9:00 PM last night. |
| 6:09
| Steve actually enjoyed writing a scene for his blog. He should probably get Ed a copy of Final Draft so he doesn't have to worry about formatting it. |
| 6:10
| Ed Silha is on the phone, he could never be sick of Steve. Steve actually one-upped Ed today when he sent him the blog as a Final Draft document. Ed had no idea what it was, he thought it was a photo. |
| 6:11
| Steve really likes that Final Draft software because it formats everything for you. Then you can just keep on going and the script can be whatever you want it to be. |
| 6:12
| Speaking of scripts, Steve is looking for the last draft of a script he was writing. It was on a computer that had a crashed hard drive. Ed had a back-up but he deleted it and he's looking for the back-up of the back-up. |
| 6:13
| Pat Dahl recently asked Steve about that script and told him he should finish it because it was really funny. Steve could shoot the movie in Chicago and Buzz could finance it. He's made a ton of money off the market lately although he is planning on buying the Cubs. |
| 6:14
| Steve does have some sports but does he have to do it with the music? Buzz prefers the music, it reminds him of something from a Werner Fassbinder movie. That's the second Fassbinder reference of the day. |
| 6:15
| The Sox begin a 4-game series against the Blue Jays tonight. Starters Roy Halladay and Mark Buehrle are both looking for their 100th career win. Only one of them can get it though. |
| 6:16
| Lou Piniella has run out of ideas for what to do with this line-up. Pete has just informed Steve that he put the Lou audio in the wrong order on the CD. |
| 6:17
| The Cubs held a 30-minute players-only meeting before yesterday's game. Then they went out and lost 9-0. |
| 6:18
| The NFL has banned alcohol at all team functions and on all team flights. Does that mean you can't get a beer at Soldier Field? That seems really far-reaching. All of this because that knucklehead in St. Louis was driving while drunk and trying to talk on his phone? |
| 6:19
| One day after Kobe Bryant demanded to be traded from the Lakers he has reversed his stance. |
| 6:20
| Tampa Bay Devil Ray outfielder Elijah Dukes' wife has filed for divorce. This comes after Dukes threatened to kill his wife and their children and sent her a photo of a gun. |
| 6:26
| Ozzie really needs to get it together. At least Lou is trying to distance himself from the team and give him players some tough love. Ozzie was just rambling yesterday. |
| 6:27
| Steve still has those cicadas for Matt and Brendan but he's not sure if they're going to eat them. 5 out of the 6 are still alive courtesy of the air hole Steve made in the bag. |
| 6:28
| Buzz finally remembered the context of the audio clip we've been playing to trigger the ticket giveaway. He was thanking Steve because he had such a good time. Steve had a good time too and next weekend should be fun. |
| 6:29
| News with Buzz |
| 6:30
| Diana Sawyer will be interviewing the globe-trotting TB lawyer on Good Morning America tomorrow. It doesn't seem like he should be allowed to give interviews. He was told not to fly, he's a lawyer and he's a chach. |
| 6:31
| The lawyer's father-in-law works for the CDC researching TB. That does seem like a weird coincidence. |
| 6:32
| Steve has Andrew Speaker's wedding announcement from April 29th. He's a graduate of the University of George School of Law and a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Just like Steve said, he's a chach. |
| 6:33
| Did Steve tell Buzz his plan to go down to Buckhead and find this chach hanging out in a bar, beat him up in the alley and then nail his wife on top of a dumpster. |
| 6:34
| Buzz's girl on CLTV has her hair up. He's never seen that look. Her left eye just kills him though, it's the crazy eye. It's always just on the verge of winking at you. |
| 6:37
| Jack Kevorkian will be released from a Michigan prison tomorrow after spending 8 years there. |
| 6:38
| Buzz's girl is named Amy Rutledge. He swears he never knew her name until now. |
| 6:39
| Outside of CLTV Amy likes to think of herself as an athlete, often running in area marathons. She's a runner! |
| 6:40
| When Amy is recovering from a run she's a big movie buff, loves live music and musical shows. Has Buzz confused his Amy's? |
| 6:41
| This sounds like a good back-up in case things ever go south for Buzz. He won't even have to worry about mixing the names up either. |
| 6:42
| Steve needs to take a break and Buzz has one more story about a mom who gave alcohol to teens and had sex with them. Why didn't this stuff happen when Steve was in high school? |
| 6:48
| Dateline Modesto, California. The woman accused of supplying alcohol to teenagers at a party and have sex with two boys was sentenced to 300 days in jail today. |
| 6:56
| Steve was right about that airline thing yesterday, it was the Syrian musicians on that Northwest Airlines flight. |
| 6:57
| Yesterday there was something in the story that Buzz saw that made him think it was a different incident but then he went home and thought about it some more. |
| 6:58
| So they had these guys in custody and they let them go but as it turns out it might have been a dry-run for a terrorist attack. |
| 6:59
| Between that and the TB guy waltzing back into the country it seems like we're up for grabs. |
| 7:00
| Matt and Brendan are going to eat some cicadas tonight now that Steve brought some in. They prefer them to be dead. They tried to eat them alive last night and they were crawling up Brendan's tongue. |
| 7:01
| It's really hard to suffocate a cicada though. Matt and Brendan had to drown them in marinade. If you wait 17 years to get laid you're probably going to fight really hard to stay alive. |
