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| 2:02
| Terry's doctor told him yesterday that he won't have to go on any medication and his blood sugar is down. The doctor asked him what he was doing. |
| 2:03
| Terry stopped drinking beer except once a week and he's drinking more red wine. Stan thinks Terry is an alcoholic. |
| 2:04
| Stan and Terry were at McCormick & Schmick's on Saturday. Terry told him he'd only have one beer and then he had three. Terry actually does have a black wife then. |
| 2:05
| Stan has a lot invested in Terry and this show, he doesn't need him losing a foot or something. Although maybe then he won't always have one foot out of the door. |
| 2:06
| Stan and Terry were at McCormick & Schmick as judges for some grilling competition but the only person featured on the news was Ryan Baker. So they did that instead of coming to Steve's gig? |
| 2:07
| Terry had a few more beers than Stan but he stopped once he got the "are you going to have another one?" look. |
| 2:08
| How much does Stan really have invested in Terry? He could easily be replaced by Cedric the Entertainer. He's funnier but probably more expensive. |
| 2:09
| All Steve knows is that every time he sees Terry outside of work he's drunk. A lot of the time it's at a Sox game though and everyone is drunk there. |
| 2:10
| Terry's having his laser surgery tomorrow but the appointment is scheduled for 2:00. That's really what Stan should be cracking down on. Who schedules that appointment? Can't he do it at 3:00? It's not like the procedure takes more than a nanosecond. |
| 2:11
| Terry just wanted to get there early in case he gets nervous and decides to back out. Can he do that though? They're already running commercials that make it seem like he had the surgery already. |
| 2:12
| Will Terry have bandages on his eyes on Monday? Steve's not sure how this stuff works. |
| 2:13
| Terry will probably sleep for the rest of the day tomorrow but that's no different than any other day. How will he get to sleep without a beer though? |
| 2:14
| They give you a valium before the procedure because it is sort of weird that a laser will be beamed into your eye. Your brain's natural reaction is to close your eyes when that's happening but they don't want that happening. |
| 2:15
| Everyone keeps asking Terry if he's nervous about the surgery and then they tell him a horror story about their own experience. Stan really enjoys not wearing glasses. |
| 2:16
| Has Terry been walking around the house without glasses so his wife we'll get used to the look? She's probably just hoping he'll die during the procedure. |
| 2:17
| Last summer Terry was driving around in a car with no AC and it was pretty hot out. Then Terry got a new car and gave the old one to his wife and now she's driving around with no AC. |
| 2:18
| Terry had a mechanic look at the car and they said it would cost about $600 to fix the AC. Of course they put freon in your car when they're trying to figure out what's wrong. Terry just drove off and his AC was working for the rest of the summer. |
| 2:19
| It only costs $40 to recharge the freon so Terry will probably keep doing that. It's not great for the environment though. |
| 2:20
| Steve doesn't want to get the laser surgery because he actually likes wearing glasses. He also likes being able to take his glasses off and not see anything. |
| 2:28
| Music Snob Corner, Pete Zimmerman joining Steve in the studio. How's Pete doing? He's great? |
| 2:29
| Steve's also great but Pete didn't ask because he doesn't care. Steve's in no mood today which is what he shoots for when he gets here. He's completely neutral. |
| 2:30
| Pete will try to help Steve go in the right direction. Steve strives to not be in any mood when he's at work. It's like when you're scuba diving and want to be neutrally buoyant, staying on the same level. |
| 2:31
| Ironically the heavier you are the more weight it takes to sink you when scuba diving. It seems like if you weigh 300 pounds you'd sink to the bottom but instead you have to strap on an extra 30 pounds. |
| 2:32
| Pete has never been scuba diving but it's on his list of things to learn and do before he dies. It's not that hard to learn and it's pretty fun. |
| 2:33
| Scuba diving is easy to do but you have to be aware of the 2 or 3 things that could go wrong and result in brain damage or death. Otherwise it's a great hobby. |
| 2:34
| You have weights to pull you under and then you fill your fest with air so you don't sink all the way to the bottom. Then you just float in the middle. |
| 2:35
| The health club across the street gives scuba lessons but most of them around here are in quarries. Steve's not interested in that though, he doesn't need to run into a gangster's body or an old car or maybe Lisa Stebic's body. |
| 2:36
| Pat and Sheri Hammer at Scuba Emporium would probably hook Pete up though. They make a lot of trips to tropical locations to certify all the people who don't want to dive in quarries. |
| 2:37
| It's hard to go diving when the show is on a trip because everyone is working. We haven't been on a trip in a while though and we probably won't go on one in the foreseeable future. Pete's better off just getting a salt water aquarium and pressing his face up to the glass. |
| 2:38
| Pete always thought there was something creepy about men who had fish tanks. Steve feels the same way, unless the person is a dentist or a doctor and has it in his office. Ed Silha had an aquarium for a few years maybe something bad happened to Pete there? It just seems like something you do to get kids over to your place which is what makes it creepy. |
| 2:39
| Pete recently went out on a date with a girl who told him that she hadn't been to the dentist in 5 years. Nothing says "make out with me" like that. Pete hasn't seen her since then though so maybe that was her way to get out of the relationship. |
| 2:43
| Steve used to have an aquarium his office and the fish got more attention from his staff than he did. There was always fish food in the freezer but no food for Steve. All they cared about in Steve's office was fish and birthday cakes. |
| 2:44
| Today Pete featured his week-in-review tapes even though it's Thursday. Pete knows how Steve feels about that though. Pete just wants to be first. |
| 2:45
| A lot of times Pete has trouble wrapping his head around one idea for the show open, even on days when he's not on for Music Snob Corner. |
| 2:46
| Steve doesn't really care if Pete doesn't a week-in-review as long as we say that's what's going on. Will tomorrow be included in next week's week-in-review? |
| 2:47
| Today's tapes featured Paris Hilton, The Sopranos and Pete's favorite tape of the week, Kelli Pickler at Wrigley Field. She seems dumb as hell but she's cute. |
| 2:48
| Today's song is by a band called The Broken West. That sounds very obscure. They're playing at the Taste of Randolph this weekend which is one of the bigger summer festivals. |
| 2:49
| Fountains of Wayne are playing Taste of Randolph as well as Lowen & Navarro. Broken West is very similar to Fountains of Wayne and Steve likes them. |
| 2:50
| How far would one have to go down Randolph to taste it? If it's right near the station Steve would probably stop by. |
| 2:51
| Song: Down in the Valley, The Broken West |
| 2:54
| The Broken West is playing tomorrow but it's during the show so Pete won't be able to see them. After that it's Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers. Then Fountains of Wayne. |
| 2:55
| Pete's actually going on Saturday for the Smoking Popes. Steve was hoping to build up to the headliner. |
| 2:56
| Lowen & Navarro are headlining on Sunday night and they'll be on the show tomorrow. |
| 2:57
| Maybe Steve will wander down there on Friday night and check out Fountains of Wayne, he's jammed with them on the show. |
| 2:58
| Pete doesn't remember that. Can't he just say he remembers? No one would know any better. Doesn't he remember? Steve jammed with them during a break, he didn't want to do it on the air. |
| 2:59
| Steve has jammed with Jeff Tweedy and Dave Pirner from Soul Asylum. Pete just saw that Wilco had to post an explanation on their website about Volkswagen using their songs in commercials. What's wrong with that? |
| 3:00
| Their fans were mad at them and accused them of selling out. Who cares? They probably made $1 million for those commercial |
| 3:07
| Steve found the message from Wilco on their website about using their songs in VW commercials. |
| 3:08
| The band felt that this was a good route to go because of how difficult it is to get commercial airplay. Why do they even have to explain themselves? It's show business. |
| 3:09
| Pete actually likes when bands he likes are in commercials. It is a good idea although sometimes it gets annoying. The other day Steve heard that Oasis song from the AT & T commercial on the radio but he turned it off because he hears it so often. |
| 3:10
| Currently the songs The Thanks I Get and You Are My Face from Sky Blue Sky are being used in the VW commercials. |
| 3:11
| Steve is familiar with the album but listens on his iPod so he doesn't know which song is which. |
| 3:12
| Steve likes the album but it's funny that Jeff Tweedy is taking heat because it doesn't sound like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. If you want to hear Yankee Hotel Foxtrot then listen to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. |
| 3:13
| Buzz wouldn't mind hearing You Are My Face but Steve would like to pre-screen it. Pete says there's no profanity on that song but it's not the best one on the album. Pete's favorite song off the album is Impossible Germany which is the one Steve played a couple of weeks ago. |
| 3:14
| Now Wilco is getting radio airplay on this station, hopefully Steve and Buzz are mentioned on their website or maybe in a VW commercial. |
| 3:15
| Steve plays a little of You Are My Face, he can see it being used in a car commercial. |
| 3:16
| The Thanks I Get is more of a rocker. Buzz always likes the rockin' ones because he likes to rock. |
| 3:17
| Steve is happy with himself for picking the Wilco song that Pete prefers from their new album and he's going to play that now. He'd like to see something on their website about how they don't get radio play except for from the munificent and magnificent Steve Dahl by the end of business today. |
| 3:18
| Song: Impossible Germany, Wilco |
| 3:22
| Caller Kevin wanted to let Steve know that Jeff Tweedy's sons have a band called The Blisters and they were in a Quaker Oats commercial. |
| 3:23
| Live read: Illinois Lottery |
| 3:24
| Steve has a lotto subscription so he gets the results emailed to him. |
| 3:25
| Steve plays buys two cards that have the same number every time. That way if someone else wins on those numbers too Steve gets 2/3 of the jackpot. |
| 3:33
| Steve is on WIlco's website again and it now says that the don't get radio airplay except from the munificent and magnificent Steve Dahl. |
| 3:34
| Steve just found that but Buzz thought it was up there all along. That sort of takes the fun out of it. |
| 3:35
| That means someone running Wilco's website is listening to the show. That's pretty cool. |
| 3:36
| Buzz couldn't believe that had been added to the WIlco website so quickly. It's not like it has to go to the printing presses or anything. |
| 3:37
| If Buzz wanted something changed on his website he could probably get it done sometime tomorrow. |
| 3:38
| A lot of bands probably have a full-time web guy so it's easy to put something like that up there. Does Pete think Steve is cool now? |
| 3:39
| Pete always thinks Steve is cool. He can't get any satisfaction from this. Buzz thought it was always up there and Pete is saying he's always cool. Tina's excited though so he's go that going for him. |
| 3:44
| Steve's looking at the Wilco website and his name is still on there. They should come in and play too. Steve won't even jam rape them. |
| 3:45
| Plus during that last break we played a VW commercial. Buzz must think Steve is really working some magic over on his side. |
| 3:46
| It's pretty easy to update websites, Mark Czerniec does it all day. O |
| 3:47
| On the phone is Mark Schanowski from Comcast Sportsnet. He's watching a furious Cubs rally going on right now. The game is not on Comcast though. |
| 3:48
| The Cubs are up 5-4 over the Mariners. Nothing captures the excitement of interleague play like Cubs/Mariners. This must have been what Selig had in mind when he started interleague play. |
| 3:49
| The White Sox are dead to Steve. They won't even send him his money back and he's made several requests for it. Ed Farmer didn't even call in yesterday, that's how over it is. |
| 3:50
| Steve's counting on the Bears right now. Everyone is really excited about Devin Hester on offense. It's one thing to put guys on offense because they're fast but Hester can actually catch the ball in traffic. |
| 3:51
| Tonight will probably be the coronation for the Spurs tonight, it'll be there 4th championship. Steve can't believe the playoffs are still going on. The Bulls got knocked out four months ago! |
| 3:52
| David Stern is trying to figure out how to spice up the playoffs a little bit. How about 3 rounds instead of 4? |
| 3:53
| Mark wishes there was something he could say to Steve to make him feel better about the White Sox. There's nothing to say though, someone needs to be taken out back and shot. |
| 4:00
| The Cubs did end up winning their game 5-4. Buzz is wondering if that irritates Steve as a Sox fan. He's so irritated with the Sox right now that he doesn't even care. |
| 4:01
| In a perfect world the Cubs would also be playing poorly right now because they're usually on at the same time as Steve. He doesn't wish them any ill-will though. |
| 4:02
| Steve really hates the White Sox right now and he has every right to hate them because they have a lot of his money. |
| 4:03
| The Sox are closer to the Royals, who are in last place, than they are to first place. |
| 4:04
| Steve doesn't feel good about a turn-around either. All of the players just sit in the dugout looking pouty-faced but don't do anything about it. Then Joe Crede waits until now to get back surgery. |
| 4:05
| If the Sox do turn it around though Steve will jump right back on because he's paid for that right too. |
| 4:06
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 4:07
| Steve's not kidding when he says he wants a karaoke version of Cheeseburger in Paradise with the full chorus. People think Steve is kidding though because so far no one has brought a new version of the song in. People just like to see him suffer. |
| 4:08
| It is pretty magical when Steve hits the post on the chorus refrain though. He should probably just leave it like it is. It's Steve's Mt. Everest. It's easy to get to the chorus but then he has to get to the refrain. Does smoke ever come out of his ears? |
| 4:09
| Everyone is averting their eyes now though. Mary's just looking down out in the hall, she probably doesn't even know what Steve is talking about. Pete's probably cataloging his most recent mix CD that he made for today and Brendan is just hoping to take Steve down so he and Matt can take over his time slot. |
| 4:10
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:11
| Scooter Libby is off to jail. This whole thing is just a sham since Bush is going to pardon him anyway. |
| 4:12
| Four bodies were found in an SUV in suburban Channahon. No suspects have been arrested. |
| 4:13
| Comic legend Stan Lee has confirmed that he's working on an animated series for MTV that will feature a character very similar to Paris Hilton. It'll be in the vein of his Stripperella character for Pamela Anderson. |
| 4:14
| The city of Seattle is considering a ban on employees making popcorn at work. Burning popcorn ha led to several false fire alarms in city buildings. |
| 4:15
| Steve hates when people make popcorn here because then he'll want some. Buzz just hates the smell of microwave popcorn. Often times after a night out at he Mexican restaurant he'll come home and the babysitter will have made popcorn, stinking up the entire house. He's the only one who objects so he's hesitant to say anything. |
| 4:16
| Steve hates the smell of toast. Every time Matt Dahl stays over he wakes up and makes himself toast, possibly to annoy Steve. He used to make himself eggs and toast, possibly to highlight that he doesn't get a good breakfast when he's at home. |
| 4:17
| Alderman Ed Burke is proposing a toll for drivers coming downtown to discourage congestion. Steve heard it was going to be 10 times what a normal toll costs so that's about $4? |
| 4:18
| Buzz doesn't think it's fair considering we're paying $4 a gallon for gas. He takes a cab everywhere, what does he care? Buzz is just keeping it real, defending sex offenders and drivers everywhere. |
| 4:19
| It is very congested downtown though. Yesterday when Steve was walking along the lake someone said "Chicago would be a great place to live if it wasn't for the traffic." |
| 4:20
| Would cabs be exempt though? If not Buzz might have to start riding the bus to work. Then he could see Studs Turkel more than once a year. |
| 4:21
| They should charge money for people to drive everywhere, everyday. That would cut down on a lot of the people who shouldn't be driving at all. They should also raise the price of a driver's license. |
| 4:22
| Steve did mention that to Jesse White once and he just laughed it off. If they charged $500 for a driver's license the DMV places would become luxurious lounges for the well-to-do citizens. |
| 4:23
| Brendan has a Studs Turkel story but first he has to clear his throat. Buzz points to the cough button which Brendan hits after he clears his throat. Not unlike Buzz. |
| 4:24
| Studs used to come in every year or so and there was always a fruit basket in the studio. Dan made Brendan get the basket but the fruit was for him. Everything Brendan did was for Dan, like the Starbucks card he made him get. |
| 4:25
| Everyday Brendan would get Dan a hot chocolate or a coffee and a cookie. Steve kept telling Dan that he didn't want to buy him coffee everyday but Dan kept denying that it was happening. Then Steve would take the card away from Brendan and a week later he'd have another one. |
| 4:26
| Everyday Brendan would have to get fresh fruit even though no one ate it except Studs. He loves the bananas because they were soft. |
| 4:27
| Steve has an interesting email he'd like to share but he needs to go to his inbox. The emailer's son listens to Rover somehow. Do these people live in Cleveland? |
| 4:28
| The emailer was in his son's room and Rover started talking about Steve, saying he didn't like him. What did Steve ever do to him? He tried to help him and he didn't listen. |
| 4:29
| Then Duji or Dookie said that once she messed with Steve's coffee beans which is impossible. Steve only gets coffee from Starbucks, he doesn't drink the stuff in the kitchen. |
| 4:30
| Duji actually messed with Buzz. He was the one who was complaining all day because the coffee tasted bad. That's good to know if she ever comes back to Chicago. That probably won't happen though. |
| 4:31
| There are worse things you can do than put hazelnut oil on someone's coffee beans. That was a rough week for Jim kid too. He has Duji to thank. |
| 4:32
| Steve remembers having to buy Buzz Dunkin' Donuts coffee because of the hazelnut crisis. |
| 4:33
| Buzz doesn't want flavored coffee, he wants bad, burnt radio station coffee. Every once in a while Steve likes a cup of that too. |
| 4:34
| Steve's got a song to send out to the folks in Cleveland. He did have a few other songs selected for Flag Day though. |
| 4:35
| How can iTunes not have Cleveland Rocks by Ian Hunter? It doesn't seem like Ian Hunter or Mott the Hoople are well-represented on iTunes though. |
| 4:36
| It doesn't matter, Steve hates Cleveland anyway. Cleveland sucks. |
| 4:37
| Song: American Girl, Counting Crows |
| 4:41
| Happy Flag Day! Ed Farmer is coming up after the break. |
| 4:46
| Steve's waiting for Ed Farmer to call back. His 5 minutes might be different than Steve's 5 minutes. We should have probably played his open before he called in because he doesn't like hearing it. |
| 4:47
| Ed's being screened right now so Steve will play his intro. These highlights must be from a month ago. |
| 4:48
| It's getting harder and harder to find highlights for Ed's intro. He can't be having any fun either. |
| 4:49
| The Sox have lost 16 of 19. Will the team just send Steve his money back or does he have to apply for it? |
| 4:50
| Ed thinks Steve can just drive down to the stadium, they have a drive-up window that hands out the refunds and probably a burger or a hot dog. |
| 4:51
| Steve's just going to go to Sox games for the buffet now. |
| 4:52
| Ed doesn't know Kenny's time table but he's thinking he'll make some moves after the Cubs series. Buzz is wondering what happens to Ozzie. |
| 4:53
| This morning in the hotel lobby Ozzie wanted Ed to introduce him to Vijay Singh, he's in town for the U.S. Open outside of Pittsburgh. |
| 4:54
| There's really nothing to say right now about the Sox, it's just bad. |
| 4:55
| The Phillies have two real fast guys at the top of their line-up. If you take away those two guys they're not that good of a team. |
| 4:56
| Podsednik and Erstad are very close to coming back so things can definitely changed. It used to be that there wasn't a 5 run lead the Sox couldn't overcome but it's not like that without those two guys. |
| 4:57
| The great thing about baseball is that any team can turn things around very quickly. |
| 4:58
| So where does Steve drive up to get his money back? Is the window on 35th or Shields? |
| 4:59
| What the hell is Ozzie doing though? He should be making up a new line-up not trying to meet Vijay Singh. |
| 5:05
| There was that whole thing in Philadelphia at the Capitol Grill between some White Sox players and Patti LaBelle and her entourage. Aaron Rowand got there afterwards but his wife was there for it because she's friends with AJ's wife. |
| 5:06
| Rowand said that he's not surprised it happened because that can be a rowdy group. Plus Patti LaBelle is a diva so probably gets mad about everything. |
| 5:07
| Buzz had something similar happen to him when he was having breakfast with his family. Luckily the person stopped and he didn't have to do anything. |
| 5:08
| Hey Buzz! It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Yesterday Steve mentioned that he's now a Taco Bell insider and he knows about the next promotional food item, the taquito. |
| 5:09
| The taquito will be replacing the extreme cheese and beef quesadilla, which Buzz loves. If he loves it so much why doesn't he marry it?! |
| 5:10
| Steve someone misrepresented the taquito yesterday because he didn't have all the facts. The taquito is not deep-fried, which is good. It's a grilled tortilla filled with chicken and cheese. There's also guacamole and salsa to dip it in. |
| 5:11
| Steve has always pronounced guacamole correctly with the W sound. His boys always made fun of him for it because they thought it was wrong. He wasn't wrong but no amount of apologies could make up for the grief he got at every Mexican restaurant they ever went to. |
| 5:17
| Chef Hans is here. He should feel free to turn on his own mic, it's gotten to the point where he's trusted with turning his mic on and off. Steve is giving up control not only because he keeps failing to do it properly but also because Hans has earned the right. That makes him a professional broadcaster. |
| 5:18
| Hans had a busy week because of the Neo-Con which just left town today. Also it's really nice out so everyone wants to eat on the patio. |
| 5:19
| Hans had a busy week at the restaurant but a so-so week personally. He doesn't want to talk about that though or he'll start to cry. |
| 5:20
| Now Steve wants to know what he's talking about. All Hans can say is what they say in Mexico, the lamb says to the cow "mi quiero ti moooooooocho" |
| 5:21
| Steve doesn't want Hans doing the Mexican jokes here. What is he talking about here? |
| 5:22
| The lamb and the cow can never be together. Is Hans involved in some sort of forbidden love affair? A love that dare not speak it's name? Is Hans on the market? |
| 5:23
| Hans is not on the market, he's still got his girlfriend. They went away last weekend, did they fight? All Hans can say is "I will survive!" Did Hans fight with his girlfriend? Did she break up with him? Steve would have to ask her about that. Did Hans kill her? |
| 5:24
| Let's change the topic then. Steve and Buzz still believe Hans wears a Speedo to the beach because he's European. He would love to use that 1 pound Idaho potato but he doesn't wear a Speedo. |
| 5:25
| Hans never wore a Speedo, even before he came to the US? What about when Hans was working at that restaurant on the lake in Switzerland? Did he ever take a break and put on a Speedo? |
| 5:26
| The closest Hans ever came to that was skinny dipping very late at night. Was he with a woman or other sous chefs? |
| 5:27
| Let's move on to some letters because Steve has no idea what it is he's dancing around here. Hans is personally OK though, does he need a hug? |
| 5:28
| Steve hasn't pre-read any of these emails. The first one is a Smith & Wollensky question. The emailer heard that the New York restaurant serves Coke in 10 ounce glass bottles and wants to know if the Chicago restaurant does that too. |
| 5:29
| S & W in Chicago does serve Coke in the glass bottles, it's delightful. |
| 5:30
| The next question is about the recommend cut of meat for steak tartar. Who eats steak tartar? People still eat it but mainly as an appetizer. |
| 5:31
| Hans recommends the filet tip and you can put that in your food processor or chop it up with a big knife. |
| 5:32
| The next emailer had a question about the California tri-tip. He had it once at a BBQ in California but has been unable to find it in the Chicago area. |
| 5:33
| Hans is recommending a trip to the Paulina Meat Market. Ask the butcher for a tri-tip and then you can call it an Illinois tri-tip. |
| 5:34
| Steve remembers the tri-tip becoming very popular in California because it was flavorful but lean. |
| 5:35
| Hans is going to see if he can muscle up (pun intended) some tri-tips and bring them in next week. |
| 5:36
| Steve wants to give the dinner to the tri-tip guy, that seems like the most legitimate question. |
| 5:40
| Steve accidentally tapped into something that Chef Hans didn't want to get into. He got a little weepy and Steve felt bad. |
| 5:41
| Steve didn't ask Hans off the air but it seemed like he had to leave. Not that he was mad, he just had to go. |
| 5:42
| There's a picture of Buzz, Alice Peacock and John Spiegel on Stan and Terry's website. Buzz looks like one of Stan and Terry's cardboard cut-outs. John Spiegel has been losing a lot of weight lately and he's starting to look like Buzz's younger brother. |
| 5:43
| Alice Peacock is showing off a little plumage, she's got a nice summery dress on. |
| 5:44
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:45
| It's Flag Day but there aren't that many songs about flags. There's a Wilco song that mentions a flag but there's profanity in it. So Steve is going with songs about America. |
| 5:46
| Song: Bleed American, Jimmy Eat World |
| 5:49
| Steve had the wrong settings on his MegaSeg software and it went right into Electric Flag. Steve was doing something else so he wasn't even paying attention. Steve's just going to play the whole thing again, what the hell! |
| 5:50
| Song: Bleed American, Jimmy Eat World |
| 5:53
| Buzz liked that one. He likes the rockers because he's a rocker. Steve was looking for a karaoke version of Jimmy Buffett's Fins and that distracted him. |
| 5:54
| This karaoke version seems to have more singing than Steve is looking for. He should probably see where the singing is though. |
| 5:55
| Hey Buzz! We're going back to the beach! Buzz had no idea. Steve loves when he gets to tell Buzz things he doesn't know about. |
| 5:57
| The first broadcast will be on July 13th in at the Blarney Island bar in Antioch. You can dock your boat at the bar or take a fairy from the shore. |
| 5:58
| The whole thing is being presented by Landshark Lager, Jimmy Buffett's new beer. Their slogan is "Let the fin begin" The man is a genius. |
| 5:59
| Beginning tomorrow Steve will be giving away VIP passes for the broadcast. That will happen every Friday. You don't need a VIP pass to come to Blarney Island though. |
| 6:00
| The karaoke version of Fins is not going to work for Steve though, it's very distracting. |
| 6:01
| That'll be an action-packed weekend with the remote on Friday and Steve's next Dahlfins show on that Saturday. The fin will never stop. |
| 6:02
| So you can win tickets to the broadcast and watch 2 men struggle to make conversation for 5 hours. |
| 6:03
| Caller Ed has some info about Blarney Island. The bar has many different sized slips and when those fill people start tying their boats to other boats. When do the girls start taking their shirts off? |
| 6:04
| The Larkin & Moran Brothers will also be there which is good news. At least it sort of ties in since they're Irish. Steve doesn't want to be stuck on an island with those knuckleheads though, they'll drink the place dry. |
| 6:09
| Live read: Fitness Factory Outlet |
| 6:10
| News with Buzz |
| 6:11
| Billy Graham's wife Ruth has died. They met while attending Wheaton College. Was their first date in a covered wagon? |
| 6:12
| A state of emergency has been declared in Gaza and the Palestinian Unity government has been dissolved after Hamas appeared to seize control of the strip. |
| 6:13
| Hamas is Palestinian too right? So they're just fighting with each other now? That's not so bad for the Israelis though but it's probably hard to negotiate with people who fight amongst themselves. |
| 6:14
| That's like if Lutherans started killing Catholics, or vice versa. That did sort of happen a few hundred years ago but now you can just go down the street to your own church. |
| 6:15
| One of the companies hired to make stationary for the 2008 Summer Olympics has been charged with violating child labor laws. |
| 6:16
| A wounded man found near a SUV containing the bodies of a woman and three children is now being questions by police in suburban Channahon. |
| 6:17
| That guy's probably related to those people right? That's really going to ruin his father's day. |
| 6:18
| A bill to legalize medicinal marijuana will go in front of the New York State Senate. Talk show host Montel Williams is all for it. He has muscular dystrophy, the marijuana probably helps. |
| 6:19
| It seems like people should be able to use marijuana whenever they want to. It's a plant, how bad can it be? From everything Buzz knows it just makes you sleepy and want to stay home. It doesn't make you want to kill anyone though. |
| 6:20
| Researchers say that knowing your money goes to charity has the same effect on your brain as sex. Steve's not buying that one, he'd rather have sex. |
| 6:21
| Caller Sandy is a big fan. Steve never asks girls "how big?", it seems in appropriate. Sandy wanted to correct Buzz, Montel has MS not muscular dystrophy. |
| 6:22
| Sandy's husband has MS and it's very manageable. |
| 6:23
| Buzz doesn't know if he did this story yesterday but for the first time since World War II you'll be able to get the original flavor of banana-cream filled Twinkie. Steve and Buzz actually talked about that on the phone last night. |
| 6:24
| Steve likes his Twinkie with the regular cream filling but it'll be good to have some variety. |
| 6:25
| Kelly Clarkson has cancelled her summer tour. She should have made something up about being sick but in reality the tickets aren't selling. |
| 6:26
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 6:29
| It's just about time for Steve to grab one of the boxes from Pete's studio. There are now three left. |
| 6:30
| Live read: Illinois Lottery |
| 6:31
| Steve's going to play a tune before he gets another box from Pete. He's feeling tunish today because it's nice out. Then people can roll down their windows and crank the stereo. |
| 6:32
| Drew is conducting his focus group tonight in Oak Brook. He seemed a little chastened today during the promotions meeting. |
| 6:33
| Drew seemed to be mocking himself a little bit, like he had learned something at another focus group about how Steve is right about The Package or something. |
| 6:34
| All the people in the focus group signed up through WCKG.com so there's a good chance that Steve and Buzz will prevail. And if they don't Steve will say it's crooked. |
| 6:35
| When Steve left his office he and Drew and Jennifer from sales ran into Jeff Joniak. Drew was so excited to see him and gave him knuckles and all that. It was really creepy. |
| 6:36
| Steve thought he should introduce Jennifer to Jeff since she didn't know him. In the elevator Drew asked Jennifer if she knew Jeff. She said Steve did while Drew was falling all over himself. Steve used a different term to describe the culmination of Drew's excitement but no one objected. Plus he did it as Drew and it was the most right-on Drew he's ever done. |
| 6:37
| Song: If I Had $1,000,000, Barenaked Ladies |
| 6:40
| The husband of the woman who was found dead in an SUV in Channahon says that his wife killed their three children, wounded him and then turned the gun on herself. |
| 6:41
| There's no one else there to dispute that claim but the forensics people will probably figure everything out. It sounds a little fishy to Steve though. He's not saying the guy did it though. |
| 6:42
| Tonight after the show Steve and Buzz are going to go out looking for Lisa Stebic's body. Last night they accidentally backed their car into a parking space and got beau coup offers from dudes. They won't do that again! |
| 6:47
| Happy Flag Day Buzz! Tomorrow Steve will start giving away VIP passes to the first Back to the Beach broadcast from Blarney Island in Antioch. |
| 6:48
| Tomorrow when you hear a small portion of Fins or the entire song by Jimmy Buffett be the 10th caller and win the passes. It could even be the karaoke version if Steve decides to use it again to promote the event. |
| 6:49
| Steve is pretty sure it's going to be a lot of fun based on the Blarney Island website. Steve's trying to get Chicago Searay to get him and Buzz a boat. They'll probably need two cabins though. Buzz likes the aft cabin though. |
| 6:50
| It's time for Steve to get another box of tapes from Pete. There are only three full ones left. Tomorrow we'll have to do the other two just to wrap it up. After that we'll move on to the new wall of tapes he's begun in his work area. Pete has some sort of disease. |
| 6:51
| Next Thursday Steve is coming in on the first day of his hiatus to finish what he started in the words of Van Halen. |
| 6:52
| Sunday 7/01/01, Sox/Baltimore (Cal Ripken). Pete thinks that's a keeper, it could be Ripken's last game in Chicago. Steve doesn't care unless it's the streak game. |
| 6:53
| The next tape doesn't have a date, just a bunch of Fox Thing's. It has media creatures, that must be a really old one. |
| 6:54
| 6/24/01, Sex in the City, Six Feet Under and Arli$$. The next week is also on there, the same episodes. 12/31/00 |
| 6:55
| With things like Arli$$ that hasn't been on for a while Pete would probably play that in the show open and not as a drop. Wouldn't a drop be better so Steve could explain it? Is Pete just hiding the outdated drop in the show open where Steve can't get at it? |
| 6:56
| From 12/31/00, Simpsons, Malcolm, X-Files and a New Year's Eve special on Fox. Say goodbye to the box Pete, it's gone. |
| 7:00
| That was a nice Arli$$ drop right there. That was super, thanks Pete! Now Steve is sorry he threw all those tapes out. And just to rub Steve's face in it the drop didn't even feature Arliss. |
| 7:01
| That's just two more boxes left and then next week Steve's coming in with a mini CAT to clear out everything else. He'll have a cage on the CAT so Pete can throw stuff but it won't hit him. It's like a garbage dump in there. |
| 7:02
| Steve is anxiously awaiting more information about the woman and her three kids found dead in an SUV. |
| 7:03
| There's a lot of trouble out there in Channahon. That's probably where Lisa Stebic is. Steve and Buzz will be heading out there to look for her but they won't be pulling in backwards. They had plenty of action without even looking for Lisa Stebic. |
