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| 2:01
| It sounded like Terry said forf instead of forth. He's just keeping it real. |
| 2:02
| There's a bar in Lakeview called Krabby Kim's where all the female waitresses and bartenders wear bikinis. Why isn't Steve doing a remote from there? |
| 2:03
| Stan passes Krabby Kim's all the time because it's right near the motorcycle shop he goes to. He's got to go to this place! |
| 2:04
| People in the neighborhood are complaining because there's a bar that their kids pass by wear all the women are in bikinis. It's just a bikini though. |
| 2:05
| There's an article in the Sun-Times Centerstage section about Krabby Kim's. Centerstage is the rival to the Tribune's At Play section. Occasionally you have to check out the competition. |
| 2:06
| Are Stan and Terry going to Steve's broadcast at Blarney Island next week? |
| 2:07
| Steve doesn't have a trailer so he won't be bringing his boat up there. The station has been working on getting him a boat to use though. |
| 2:08
| Steve's not sure if he'll actually get a boat to use though because everyone around here spends 6 months telling him about stuff that probably won't happen. |
| 2:09
| Stan will head up there if it's not a traffic alert day. It is pretty far away though. Stan usually goes up to that area once a year with Jeffrey. |
| 2:10
| There's a YMCA camp up there and every year Jeffrey's school goes on a trip up there. Stan never stays the night because you don't want to sleep in a YMCA bunkhouse with a bunch of other families. |
| 2:11
| Steve used to drop his boys off at a YMCA camp when they were younger. When Stan was a Boy Scout they used to go on a trip to a really funky YMCA camp. Did Stan have to sleep naked in his sleeping bag? |
| 2:12
| There was a hazing ritual that involved going through a gauntlet naked and then being splashed with cold water. That sounds totally normal. |
| 2:13
| Caller Mike is in the air with Stan & Terry and Steve Dahl on Chicago's FM Talk Station. Mike wanted to let everyone know that Blarney Island is in Grass Lake in the town of Fox Lake in the Chain-o-Lakes. |
| 2:14
| Steve has been hearing so many different lakes that the island is in or towns that it's in. Mike seems like a bit of a know-it-all. |
| 2:15
| Caller Dan is in the air with Stan & Terry and Steve Dahl on Chicago's FM Talk Station. Next weekend is Blarney Gras at Blarney Island. They're also doing a Venetian Night on Grass Lake next Friday. |
| 2:16
| Just off the top of Steve's head this seems like the day he might start drinking again. |
| 2:17
| There's also a helipad in the area that Steve might be able to fly into. There is an aviation company that wants to copter Steve around. |
| 2:18
| It all sounds like a great time next weekend. Steve will be OK though, he doesn't need to drink to have a good time. |
| 2:19
| It seems to Stan like a lot of people who have boats do a lot of drinking. If you're drunk and driving your boat and get pulled over does that go on your driving record? |
| 2:20
| Most of the people that Steve sees on boats in New Buffalo just keep them docked and drink all day. Then they tell him how he should be driving his boat. |
| 2:28
| Song: Nature's Way, Christopher Cross |
| 2:32
| You don't hear that too often. That was from the HD Planet soundtrack available at Dahl.com. |
| 2:33
| HD Planet was a project Steve was involved in before HD was being broadcast on TV. It was a multimedia event with HD video and groovy music. |
| 2:34
| HD Planet was in 2000. Usually Steve is about 10 years ahead of his time but not in this case. After HD Planet Steve and Joe Thomas did Soundstage at WTTW. Then Soundstage became a nightmare. |
| 2:35
| Steve doesn't talk to Joe Thomas all that much any more. The last time they saw each other was when Gerry Beckley was here. It's not that Steve doesn't like Joe though. Steve's just not a good friend. |
| 2:36
| Ron Lewis is sort of caught in the middle of Steve and Joe Thomas. He's Steve's accountant and the Soundstage accountant. |
| 2:37
| Steve has tried to go to a Sox game with Joe but it hasn't really worked out. Joe lives in St. Charles which is too far to easily maintain a friendship. |
| 2:38
| Steve has learned one thing, never go into business with an only child. Only children always get their way. Another only child? Jeff Schwartz. |
| 2:39
| Now whenever Steve is going into business with someone he makes sure they're not an only child. An only child will do whatever it takes to get their way, it's pathological. Steve wants to get his way as well but only children are far better at getting their way than he is. |
| 2:40
| Steve is just now realizing that Piper is an only child. He'd like to think that some of Buzz's child-like qualities make it so Piper really isn't the only child up at the condo. It's almost like Buzz is Piper's much older, hipper brother. |
| 2:41
| China is a country full of only children because they have a one-child only policy. It's a nationally recognized nightmare in terms of what these kids are. The parents give into whatever their child wants and they children run wild. |
| 2:42
| Now China is being overrun with only children and most of them are boys. If you have a girl over there a lot of people just ditch her. That's why their are so many Chinese girls who are adopted. |
| 2:43
| Would Buzz be interested in getting in on the ground floor of a chain of gay bars in China? It'll be called Yung Gay Gai and will sort of be like a Bennigan's. |
| 2:46
| The HD Planet album is available at Dahl.com. Another reason Steve doesn't like Joe Thomas is because his name is right at the top on the credits of the CD while Steve's are a little further down. |
| 2:47
| Steve would never do that to someone, or at least he would tell someone he's going to do it. Tropical Drink Song is on there as well as songs by Lono and Henry Kapono. |
| 2:48
| Lono is a guy Steve used to hang out with when he was in Hawaii. He and Joe Thomas tried to produce one of his albums. They might have swindled him out of a song too. |
| 2:49
| Steve is not someone who looks people up but when Ed Silha was over in Maui he called Lono to let him know he was in town and maybe they could get together. All Lono said was that he now lives on Molokai. |
| 2:50
| Molokai used to be where all the lepers live but now it's just the place where real Hawaiians live to get away from the tourists. |
| 2:51
| There is a Lono song Steve would like to play but he can never find it. Pete can probably attest to that but he's not in his studio for some reason. |
| 2:52
| The song, Blue Eyes of Summer, seems like a good song for the Dahlfins to play. Every time Steve wants to play it no one can find it. |
| 2:53
| Pete might be looking for the song right now which is why he's not in his studio. You would think Pete would send someone else to find it but he doesn't delegate well. Pete is very hands-on, except when it comes to Regina Spektor. |
| 2:54
| We actually do have the song, Pete found it. Maybe that trip was worth it. Steve might actually own this song, he's not sure though. |
| 2:55
| Song: Blue Eyes of Summer, Lono |
| 2:58
| Steve remembers how to play that song, he just needs to figure out the rights for it. He's trying to put together an album after he tours with The Nadas this summer. That's how you do it in the music business. |
| 2:59
| Steve has another show a week from tomorrow at North Beach in Downers Grove. We'll be giving away tickets for that again on Monday but today we're giving away VIP passes for the Blarney Island broadcast. |
| 3:00
| Has Buzz figured out how he's going to get up there next Friday? The station could probably arrange for transportation. Maybe he could catch a ride with Drew? |
| 3:01
| Tonight Matt and Brendan will be at the Filling Station Bar and Grill in St. Charles. Good luck getting there by 10:00! That's about 5 mood swings away from Chicago for Steve and 50 for Matt. Matt makes Steve look rock solid. |
| 3:02
| Last night Matt and Brendan were at a TGI Friday's in Lombard where the sign said "Welcome Bob & Ron". That has to be a feel-bad even for Matt and Brendan who are relatively new to the industry. |
| 3:03
| There's construction all the way out to St. Charles too so it's going to take a while. You don't want to speed through a construction zone. |
| 3:04
| Steve's driving is currently being supervised by the state. He'd like to talk a little more about that since he had a court appearance over the hiatus. |
| 3:05
| Steve has a picture of the banner from last night. Were people disappointed when they showed up and Bob and Ron weren't there? Steve can't imagine anyone coming out to specifically to see Bob and Ron except maybe a bail bondsman or a dealer they burnt. |
| 3:07
| Apparently Lono is still making music and he has a money. Steve now remembers what happened though. He and Joe brought Lono over here and put him up so they could record an album. |
| 3:08
| Steve and Joe might have been looking for a little ownership in the new songs or at least some of the profit since they had invested a good amount of money in him. |
| 3:09
| Lono returned to the island and recorded the songs on his own so he could sell them locally. So Steve and Joe weren't as heinous as he originally thought they were. |
| 3:10
| Steve remembers talking to Joe about how they could have been way more heinous and gone after him but they didn't. |
| 3:11
| Steve sees on Lono's website that he's being sponsored by Maui Jim's sunglasses. Maybe Steve and Joe should seek legal recourse now that he has something to lose. |
| 3:12
| When Steve was in Maui he got an email from Tim Smithe. Steve didn't want to bring his computer but was forced to by his family. They all say he's addicted to being on the computer but that's all they do. |
| 3:13
| Tim used to type in all-caps but he no longer does that because of Steve. On on the internet all-caps means he's shouting and Steve felt Tim should know that since he's a millionaire and people will think he's an idiot if he sends out emails in all-caps. Tim can't let that go though and mentions it every time he emails Steve. |
| 3:14
| Steve doesn't think Tim is an idiot, him and all the Smithe brothers are geniuses. He sent Steve a video of their new album which features the Smithe brothers as marionette puppets doing a reggae version of their jingle at Wrigley Field, because of The Police concert. |
| 3:15
| Tim got a bunch of tickets for the show and has two for Steve as well as two he wanted to give away on the air. Tim's idea, since he's the imagineer, was to have listeners call in and say why they love the Smithe brothers, Steve and The Police. That seems way too complicated though. |
| 3:16
| Tim also offered to make a wooden puppet of Steve. He responded that the show would be back on Thursday and they'd figure it out then. It was a very vague noncommittal committal. It doesn't seem like they'd be able to get it all together in tow days. |
| 3:17
| Steve did say he would love a wooden puppet of himself though. Yesterday Mary got an call from the Smithe's marketing woman to plan out the giveaway. |
| 3:18
| Tim also had some more info about the concert tonight that involved Steve and his guest, the ticket winners and Wally and his wife having tapas before going to the concert. |
| 3:19
| Then the marketing women sent Steve an email saying that Wally could call in early today to find a winner. How did this happen? All Steve said was that they'd figure it out when he got back and he'd love a marionette of himself. |
| 3:20
| Now Steve has to find a person who likes him and the Smithe brothers and also likes tapas. Then he has to go to The Police show with them. Steve doesn't want to see The Police at Wrigley Field. He only likes one Police song. |
| 3:21
| Steve is sort of caught in the middle between Walter E. Smithe and the station because they don't buy enough ads. It seems like their marketing woman likes to buy ads only on The Mix because she doesn't think Steve's listeners buy furniture. |
| 3:22
| People who listen to The Mix probably get all their furniture from their parents. Steve's listeners buy furniture. |
| 3:23
| Steve's also pretty sure that Wally hates him. When Wally was a kid his brothers used to tease him by singing Oh Wally. Steve can't go have tapas from 5:00-7:00 tonight anyway and he doesn't want to see The Police. |
| 3:24
| Steve doesn't care about going to concerts. He's not going to go through all of this trouble just to watch Sting wearing really tight pants. |
| 3:25
| All Steve said was that he would work out the ticket thing and he wanted a marionette. There has been no mention of the marionette in subsequent emails which Steve finds troubling. |
| 3:29
| The Smithe brothers are really clever, like with the whole Wrigley Field naming-rights thing. Steve's not really good at hoaxes though, that's more of a Johnny B thing. Steve could start a hoax at 6:00 but it would be over by 6:03. |
| 3:30
| Wally is on the phone so we can probably figure all this out. Steve doesn't like tapas though and he doesn't like The Police. Plus he can't do anything from 5:00-7:00. All he wants his a marionette puppet of himself. |
| 3:31
| Wally Smithe is on the phone. He hasn't heard anything that's happened on the show in the last 15 minutes. Steve's still coming to the concert right? |
| 3:32
| Steve would rather just give away 2 pairs of tickets for the show. It's not that simple though. Wally will be spending the evening with these people so he wants to make sure they love Walter E. Smithe, Steve and The Police. |
| 3:33
| Steve doesn't know if he's set up for that kind of screening process. He definitely can't make the show though. Plus the only Police song Steve likes is Every Breath You Take. Maybe Wally could tape that for him? |
| 3:34
| Steve still wants a marionette puppet though. He doesn't know how all this happen but Tim is definitely out of control. Wally should know that as the older brother. |
| 3:35
| Tim and Mark Smith are going to The Police show but they're not sitting by Wally. It sort of seems like Steve is caught in the middle of some sort of brother-on-brother thing here. |
| 3:36
| Song: Oh Wally, S.R. Dahl |
| 3:40
| Hello my name is Steve! What the hell was that? |
| 3:41
| Some people have called in for The Police tickets. The concert is a big deal but Steve just doesn't care. |
| 3:42
| Caller Debbie loves Steve and loves The Police. That's actually how she met her husband, he also loves The Police. |
| 3:43
| Finally, Debbie has three rooms of furniture from Walter E. Smithe. Debbie and her husband are already downtown and they also love tapas. |
| 3:44
| Steve feels that Debbie meets the criteria established by Wally. He'd also like to say that it's not cool that Tim and Mark ditched Wally. |
| 3:45
| Debbie can definitely be up in Wrigleyville by 5:00. She needs to bug Wally about the Steve Dahl marionette too. Steve feels that's being lost in all this. |
| 3:46
| Caller Aukse loves Steve but has only been listening for about 6 months. Brendan has a phonetic spelling of Aukse's name on the call screener but it was wrong. That's part of Brendan's genius though isn't it? |
| 3:47
| Aukse just moved back to Chicago and she was going through the stations and came across Steve. Did she wonder how there was a genius on the air? |
| 3:48
| Aukse's favorite Police song is Roxanne. That's also Buzz's favorite song but he prefers the Eddie Murphy version. |
| 3:49
| Aukse also loves the Walter E. Smithe commercials, they're quintessential local Chicago commercials. That should be enough right? Plus Aukse just moved back so she'll need new furniture. So Steve is sending Wally a new customer. He'll be expecting his commission check after all this. |
| 3:50
| Aukse lives 4 blocks from Wrigley and she'll be bringing her law school friend who lives 3 blocks from Wrigley. |
| 3:51
| That worked out great, Wally is way better off with those four people than he'd be with Steve. It's a happy ending. Are we giving any credit to Brendan because he screened those two calls. |
| 3:52
| Brendan might have had a little help out there from someone like Steve. If it were up to him he'd pick the first person he heard, even if they had a gravely voice and hadn't changed their t-shirt in 6 years. |
| 3:57
| Wally is back on the phone. He thinks Steve did a great job picking people to go to The Police show. |
| 3:58
| Wally will give Steve a call when they're at the tapas restaurant and the group has convened. Tim Smithe is also working on getting Steve a marionette puppet. |
| 3:59
| It was pretty funny listening to Brendan screen those calls. Steve feels that this will ultimately make Wally realize that Walter E. Smithe should buy more ads on the station. He'll see what kind of listeners Steve has. |
| 4:00
| So that crisis seems to be averted and we can move on to the next one. There aren't really any other crises though but Luke Stuckmeyer will be calling in, even though the Sox are dead to Steve. |
| 4:01
| Steve still has all his Sox tickets so he'll keep going to the games but it's like being at a funeral. |
| 4:06
| On the phone is Luke Stuckmeyer from Comcast Sportsnet. Luke is doing better than the White Sox right now. |
| 4:07
| While Steve and Buzz were on hiatus, which is what you call a vacation in showbiz, Dan Jiggetts was also gone. Filling in on the Thursday of that week was Tommie Harris. |
| 4:08
| Tommie was running late and literally phoned it in from his car and poor Luke Stuckmeyer had to make it work for 15 minutes. |
| 4:09
| Tommie had all of his guests with him but had to go from house to house to pick everyone up. Those football players can be really picky about their limos. |
| 4:10
| Mark Schanowski was telling Luke that when he was at NBC they sent a limo for one Bears player who was going to be on the station. Apparently it wasn't good enough so he didn't even show up. |
| 4:11
| Pete is upstairs looking for the tape of Luke filling in for Tommy. Steve didn't watch but he heard that it eventually devolved into a lot of inside stuff with the football players. |
| 4:12
| Steve doesn't want to talk about the White Sox. It's only 19-10 right now the Sox are losing. At one point Hawk said "DJ, I do believe we're going to come back in this game." Then someone on the Twins hit a grand slam and Hawk said "I don't think we're coming back tonight." |
| 4:13
| The second game of the Sox double-header is on Comcast and the Cubs/Pirates game is on Plus. None of the TVs at the station are getting Comcast because the cable company came down really hard on a few downtown buildings during the hiatus. |
| 4:14
| We used to have RCN around here and someone just ran cables to all the different TVs. Now it's Comcast and they clamped down so we only have the basic package. Steve's not for stealing cable though and someone is coming to install boxes on all the TVs. |
| 4:15
| The Twins are now up 20-10, they have 21 hits. The Sox are definitely dead to Steve. They have been playing better lately but they're only a few games ahead of the Royals. |
| 4:16
| Garland got rocked today giving up 11 earned runs. They also brought Ryan Bukvich in which is good. He always does something special. |
| 4:17
| Meanwhile the Cubs are actually in a pennant race. Three weeks ago no one would have thought that they'd be 4 1/2 games behind the Brewers right before the All-Star break. |
| 4:18
| The Cubs stuff is just driving Steve nuts. His only hope is that The Police damaged the field in some way. |
| 4:19
| Former Cub Neifi Perez was suspended 25 games for testing positive for an illegal stimulant. |
| 4:20
| Jim Thome just hit a home run, it's now 20-11. They're closing in! |
| 4:22
| Live read: Famous Dave's |
| 4:23
| Steve couldn't help but notice that Buzz was all the way down at the end of the hallway as the break was ending. Was he paying a visit to Jimmy Mac? |
| 4:24
| Buzz intended to talk to Jimmy Mac but ran out of time. Jimmy Mac doesn't even go home any more he just lives in that studio. |
| 4:25
| All of the sudden Buzz turns into Mr. Friendly even though all the breaks are really short. Of course one of the good things about having short breaks is that you can't talk for too long. |
| 4:26
| Steve likes calling people when he's in his car for that same reason. He intended to do that last night with Jeff Schwartz but he didn't answer. Jeff has apparently broken up with Steve becuase he didn't hear from him in the last two weeks. Maybe it's because Steve was on vacation! |
| 4:27
| Jeff is like a crazy, high-maintenance girlfriend. Steve was calling to set him straight but he didn't pick up. |
| 4:28
| Steve might have called him a "blanking whack job" in his voice mail but that doesn't even effect Jeff. He sent him an email this morning that said "you're right, I am a whack job!" |
| 4:29
| The last thing Steve sent Jeff was a smile face and that will have to hold him through the weekend. Steve's got a lot going on right now. |
| 4:30
| Steve called Jeff on his new iPhone which is pretty sweet. Steve doesn't really need an iPhone but he got one anyway. He has been taking notes on it and it syncs up perfectly with his computer. |
| 4:31
| Buzz saw the iPhone ad and it looks great but he can't think of a single reason why he needs it. There are a few things that aren't great about the iPhone, for instance it's not on AT&T's fastest network. |
| 4:32
| That's what Apple does though, they're like crack dealers. In 6 months they'll release a new iPhone on a faster network which Steve will of course purchase. |
| 4:33
| Steve still hasn't told his story about the court date in Whiteside County. He was appearing because of the speeding ticket he got on the way to Des Moines. |
| 4:34
| We still have headlines to do and Steve wants to get to that since he totally skipped over the news yesterday. He also wants to play a Police song though. |
| 4:35
| Song: Every Breath You Take, The Police |
| 4:38
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 4:39
| Steve's money is on this copy never changing since Mitch Pink has left the station. It's not Steve's job to change it either. When he mentions that it'll never be changed that means it's bothering him, since he just came back from 2 weeks off and it's still the same. |
| 4:44
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:45
| According to some reports, Rupert Murdoch has agreed to purchase the Wall Street Journal and it's parent company. |
| 4:46
| Four people were injured by a gunman who opened fire in the New York, New York casino in Las Vegas. It's just like the real New York! |
| 4:47
| The man arrested outside Barack Obama's hotel in Des Moines was intending to set-up and booth and sell campaign trinkets. Is it illegal to carry a knife? Steve's been to Des Moines to rehearse with The Nadas. Jason whipped out a knife just because he could! |
| 4:48
| Irish betters cashed in after a bookmaker gave 14-1 odds that Al Gore would be the next celebrity arrested. He never specified which Al Gore though. |
| 4:49
| Christopher Vaughn has been placed on suicide watch by Will County authorities. If he wants to kill himself why didn't he just do that in the first place? |
| 4:50
| A new specimen discovered off the coast of Hawaii appears to be a squid/octopus hybrid. For those of you who don't know, Buzz was terrorized by squid as a child on a family vacation. Ever since then he's |
| 4:51
| This weekend is the Peace and Hemp Festival in Lincoln Park. Buzz will be playing tomorrow at 7:00 with Fish & the Bluefins. Fish & the Bluefins are not a Phish cover band. |
| 4:52
| Fish is a real guy and he used to run the blues jam at the US Blues Bar on Wells when Buzz first came to town. |
| 4:53
| General Patton of General Patton & His Private Parts called Buzz up to ask if he'd play. Unfortunately there was no money available so Patton fixed Buzz up with Fish & the Bluefins so this is sort of a reunion tour. |
| 4:54
| Buzz asked Bob and Ron if they were going but they said they weren't because they didn't want that kind of heat in case Steve found out. Steve expects Bob and Ron to be front row at the Peace and Hemp Fest. |
| 4:57
| It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve is having a chicken grilled taquito. It's grilled by a chicken though, it's grilled by a brave person. |
| 4:58
| The taquito replaced the quesadilla. Taco Bell was supposed to stop selling the quesadilla on June 29th but Buzz found one on his way back from Lake Geneva that still had them. |
| 4:59
| The taquito is excellent though, it's just as good as the quesadilla. |
| 5:00
| We go now to U.S. Cellular Field where Ed Farmer is calling in from. How about that low-scoring game today? |
| 5:01
| There were 35 hits in the game today, most of them by the Twins. The Sox scored 14 runs on 18 hits but still lost. |
| 5:02
| The Sox are dead to Steve, has Ed mentioned that to anyone? Steve was at the game on Monday and it doesn't seem like they care about being dead to Steve. |
| 5:03
| Steve got a quality heckle in on Bukvich the other night too. That was the game where the Sox lost 7-6 even though they were winning. |
| 5:04
| Taco Bell actually brings the score to Sox fans at the game. "Good to go, open late, final score 20-14." |
| 5:05
| Is there anything simple that can fix the White Sox? For starters the bullpen isn't throwing strikes which isn't part of the game plan. |
| 5:06
| The only bright spot for Steve has been Josh Fields, he seems pretty good. The Sox have been playing better as of late, even though they lost today. |
| 5:07
| Iguchi almost hit for the cycle last night, he missed it by a single. You'd think he'd be able to do it because he got all the hard stuff out of the way. |
| 5:08
| Steve's not going to the game tomorrow, he'll be out boating, getting ready for the race to Mackinaw. Ed doesn't go boating, sea sickness runs through his veins. Ed was once deep sea fishing in Florida and he was pleading with the captain to take him back to shore or at least drop him off at a reef and let him swim in. They weighed after the trip he was down 18 pounds. Did they weigh him upside-down like a fish? |
| 5:10
| Gavin Floyd just got called up from Charlotte, he's pitching in the second game of the doubleheader. He's 6-0 in his last 6 starts. |
| 5:11
| Are the Sox going to tether Floyd to the mound so he doesn't fall off again? |
| 5:12
| Maybe Steve could take Bukvich and MacDougal and any other bad Sox pitchers out on the lake with him tomorrow? |
| 5:13
| Steve's not going to the All-Star game but he had the change to get tickets as a Scout Seat holder. |
| 5:14
| Ed will be going to DC to check out Air Force One. Ed can call the president, he knows him from when he was on the Rangers. |
| 5:15
| Hopefully the second game goes a little better tonight. And maybe the Sox will be able to jump back into the race if some other team completely collapses. |
| 5:16
| Steve will definitely jump back on the bandwagon if the Sox start playing better. Even when he's at a game he gets sucked right back in. |
| 5:17
| Steve totally got sucked in on Monday when Buehrle was pitching really well. Then that Bukvich kid came in and blew the lead. |
| 5:21
| Over Mother's Day weekend Steve went out to Des Moines to rehearse with The Nadas. |
| 5:22
| He drove out on a nice, clear spring morning, no one was on the road so he opened it up a little bit. |
| 5:23
| Steve was doing 95 and got painted by a cop sitting in a perfect location on the side of the road. |
| 5:24
| Steve's court date fell when he was in Hawaii and the guy he'd normally have handle it didn't want to go all the way out to Whiteside County. |
| 5:25
| 25 mph over means 25 points off your license and Steve wanted to retain his clean record. Steve missed his first court date but everyone was OK with it. |
| 5:26
| Steve plead guilty but got 6 months of driving supervision. His lawyer in Whiteside County told him he couldn't be late for the second hearing because they were doing it on a day that they don't normally do traffic hearings. |
| 5:27
| Steve had to be in court at 9:00 AM so he left by 6:00 because of all the construction on I-80. Plus Steve had to do the speed limit. |
| 5:28
| Steve got to the town at 8:00 so he was a little early. He found the courthouse and the parking lot to get himself familiar. His lawyer also told him that if he had a pipe or any other kinds of drugs, don't bring them. He tells that to all his clients and apparently a lot of people don't realize you shouldn't bring that stuff to court. |
| 5:29
| Steve was in Morrison which is a lovely little town with a nice Main Street. It was right out of a movie, very idyllic and Midwestern. |
| 5:30
| Steve stopped at the Hardees to use the bathroom but didn't want to eat a big breakfast before court. Stay lean, stay mean. |
| 5:31
| There's no Starbuck's in Morrison but they did have a Main Street Coffee which is their version of Starbuck's. The guy was putting up a WiFi sticker and Steve had his computer so that was perfect. |
| 5:32
| Steve had himself a chocolate raspberry coffee which doesn't sound too manly. It was delicious though. Steve was going to get the regular French roast but then someone else had one and he smelled it. He had no idea what would happen to him so this could have been his last coffee on the outside. He also had a cranberry-walnut scone, he was mixing berries and getting crazy. |
| 5:33
| Steve was the first guy to use WiFi in the coffee shop and the owners were really excited about that. Then more people came in and ordered coffee and sat around talking about what was happening in town while Steve looked at porn on his computer. It doesn't get any better than that. |
| 5:34
| At about 20 minutes to 9:00 Steve got to the court and waited for his hearing. There were a lot of offenders there because it was felony day and no one was dressed up for court. Steve was only there for speeding but he was wearing pants and socks and a nice shirt. |
| 5:35
| Most of the offenders were wearing tank tops and shorts and hats. You'd think they'd want to dress up on one of the most important days of their life. Steve was seated next to a guy with three tear drop tattoos! He's just glad the guy didn't ask him what he was there for. |
| 5:36
| Most of the people didn't seem to be the types who would live in this nice farm community, they seemed like people from Chicago. Steve found out from his attorney that there's a prison in nearby Dixon and there's a law that you can't be incarcerated in a prison that's within 12 miles of your relatives. |
| 5:37
| It seems like that law was created so Dixon would agree to build a prison but if you're in jail there all of your relatives and co-conspirators can move 15 miles away to Sterling. It seemed like all the relatives of the felons were criminal-types because they didn't seem to care about what was going on. |
| 5:38
| Steve's turn came up and he felt like he could relate to the judge, having played one in Let's Go to Prison. He didn't mention any of this though. |
| 5:39
| The judge agreed to 6 months supervision as well as the fine for the ticket and the court costs. Then Steve did 55 the entire way home, except when he was in the construction zone. Everyone was passing him up. |
| 5:40
| Now that Steve is under court supervision though it's really freed him up. Today on the way in two guys trying to get around him went right past him on the shoulder. Normally Steve would take that as a challenge and tear off after them but today he just watched them pass by and laugh at their stupidity. |
| 5:41
| So that was Steve's Tuesday and he felt like he accomplished something. He was the first to use the WiFi in the coffee shop and he was probably the bright spot in that judge's day. |
| 5:42
| Now that Steve's been through all this he's thinking of getting a henna tattoo of some tear drops or something. You'd think if you had those kinds of tattoos you'd cover it up in court since they signify how many people you've killed. |
| 5:46
| Steve is glad he went out to Morrison plus he liked being the first WiFi guy at that coffee shop. If he ever goes back there they'll remember him but he'd rather not have to go back. |
| 5:47
| When you're under supervision you redefine conscientious. Steve went through the tollway lane too fast and he was worried he'd get pulled over and end up with a few tear drop tattoos, wearing a wife-beater. There actually was a wife-beater wearing a wife-beater. |
| 5:48
| How can you not try to dress up when you're in court, don't your survival instincts kick in at all? Or do you just not want to capitulate to authority at all? Steve has no problem capitulating. |
| 5:49
| Steve had a little more sympathy for Paris Hilton after this whole thing just becuase sitting in that court room is like looking through a portal into a totally different planet that you don't want to be on. |
| 5:50
| Buzz wanted Paris to go to jail but once they let her out that first time she should have stayed out. Someone made a mistake letting her go but she shouldn't have to live with that. |
| 5:51
| If Steve has to drive to Des Moines again, which he doesn't think he will, he'll pencil in an extra hour of travel time. He'd still like to get something worked out with an aviation company though. |
| 5:52
| There was a chopper/jet place on the back burner but Steve hasn't heard anything about that either. |
| 5:53
| Steve could always take the Amtrak to Des Moines, or just sling a guitar on his back and hitchhike. Buzz would like to see that. |
| 5:54
| Song: Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, Jimmy Buffett |
| 5:57
| On the phone is Walter Smithe of the Smithe brothers, reporting live from Twist Restaurant in Wrigleyville. |
| 5:58
| Tapas are tasty but it's never enough for Steve. People always say "it's just the right amount" but it's only a quarter of the right amount for Steve. |
| 5:59
| Walter is also making progress on the Steve Dahl marionette puppet. |
| 6:00
| If you're just joining us that really hurts Steve's feelings, he's been doing this since 2:00. When Steve was in Hawaii he got an email from Tim Smithe who had an idea to give away Police tickets to a listener and a guest. |
| 6:01
| Tim was imagining a radio bit where listeners could compete for tickets based on their stories about why they love the Smithe brothers, Steve and The Police or maybe why puppet Smithe brothers are better than real Smithe brothers. |
| 6:02
| Then Tim asked if Steve wanted a wooden puppet of himself. Can you guess which part drew Steve in? |
| 6:03
| Steve told Tim he'd be back on the 5th and they'd figure it out then and that he'd love a wooden puppet. Right away yesterday though Tim was emailing Steve to get things going and people in the office were wondering what Steve had agreed to. |
| 6:04
| What really happened was that Tim and Mark ditched Wally and went to the concert last night because they think he's an L7. Steve doesn't think so though and feels Wally is the brains behind the operation. |
| 6:05
| Tim and Mark ditched Wally and sent him to Steve without telling anyone about it. Steve didn't want to go to the concert though and he couldn't meet for tapas at 5:00 because he's doing a show. |
| 6:06
| Steve feels that the Smithe brothers, along with a lot of other advertisers, have a bad impression of who listens to this station. WCKG has been misrepresented by people at other stations. That's what you do when you have no talent. |
| 6:07
| Wally is getting a nice cross-section of Steve Dahl listeners at that dinner though. The advertising women for Walter E. Smithe buys a lot of time on Eric and Kathy's show but all of their listeners buy futons! How much money can you make on futons? If you want a futon you buy The Reader. |
| 6:08
| Buzz isn't really sure he knows what tapas are. Is it a style of service? Steve has been to Spain so he has seen real tapas. It's really just part of a pub crawl in Spain. Every bar has their own tapas and you go from bar to bar eating and drinking. In America they try to compress the tapas thing into one location. |
| 6:15
| Steve loves when what he's talking about can be summed up by the Gilmore Girls. At least he's on record as saying he doesn't want to see The Police. |
| 6:16
| News with Buzz |
| 6:17
| Nearly half the U.S. public would like to see President Bush face impeachment and even more would like to see Cheney face impeachment. Just an FYI, you want to impeach Cheney first. If Bush is first then Cheney becomes president and makes impeachment illegal. |
| 6:18
| It seems pointless to attempt to impeach either of them, it won't happen in two years. You're better off focusing your time and energy on getting a Democrat elected. |
| 6:19
| An 11-year old girl in Jacksonville, Alabama flipped a car she was driving, while intoxicated. It would be sweet if her blood alcohol was .11. |
| 6:20
| Two of the doctors arrested in the attempted London bombings made contacts in the U.S. in order to pursue graduate medical degrees. |
| 6:21
| Are we going to want to check up on that? People will say it's racial profiling but it seems like we should check out any Muslim doctors who just arrived here for graduate study. |
| 6:23
| Two girls in Enid, Oklahoma are in custody after kidnapping their one-year old neighbor and demanding a $200,000 ransom from his mother. |
| 6:24
| Do people in Enid, Oklahoma have that kind of money? Maybe they should have asked for $2,000 or even $200. That's a lot of money for a kid. |
| 6:25
| Police have a man in custody who they believe opened fire in the New York, New York casino in Las Vegas. It's the first shooting on the strip since 2001. |
| 6:28
| A Belgian man appeared in court today after a female guest at a dinner party found the body's of his wife and son in a freezer. Steve was hoping this story was going to be about waffles. He loves waffles. |
| 6:36
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 6:38
| Live read: Saturn of Libertyville |
| 6:40
| This commercial confused Steve yesterday and it's confusing him again. The Townstone music probably isn't helping either. |
| 6:41
| Some of the numbers are spelled out and some aren't which is also confusing. |
| 6:42
| Buzz is going to try to watch John From Cincinnati this weekend. Ron Lewis has gifted the theme song for the show to Steve. |
| 6:43
| Steve was going to play it but then it occurred to him that it might contain profanity. He's looking through the lyrics now and it seems alright. Ron wouldn't gift him something with profanity would he? |
| 6:44
| Ron didn't gift the entire album to Steve, just one song. He's a bit of a cheapskate. |
| 6:45
| Buzz will watch 2 hours of the show over the weekend and if he doesn't like it he's giving up. Everyone around here agrees that the show is right up Buzz's alley. It's an alley Buzz didn't even know he had either. |
| 6:46
| There has only been 4 episodes but Steve's watched them all a ton and every time he picks up something new. He's like some crazed Star Trek fan but there have only been 4 episodes. |
| 6:47
| Song: Johnny Appleseed, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros |
| 6:51
| That song is cut together sweet surfing footage at the beginning of the show. It's a good song too. |
| 6:52
| Steve will have to check out the rest of that album. He's not a big Clash fan but he really likes that song. Is the rest of the album like that? |
| 6:53
| Pete has heard the album and it's a lot like that but Strummer is dead now. Now like just a few minutes ago? |
| 6:54
| In a way that's good because Steve likes something that's self-limiting. He won't have to keep buying albums as long as he's putting them out. It's a little sad though, sort of a bummer. Thanks Pete! |
| 6:55
| Joe Strummer died in December of 2002. If you can leave something like that song behind though it's not that bad. It's another reason for Buzz to watch the show too, he doesn't want Strummer to have died in vain. |
| 7:00
| Steve appreciates Pete working the John From Cincinnati drops into the show but it's sort of hard to do because the show is so bizarre. |
| 7:01
| Hearing those drops out of context almost makes the show sound dumb. Pete did have the "I got my eye on you drop" though. |
| 7:02
| The one with John and Butchie carrying cardboard cut-outs would be good for Stan and Terry though. It's very profane though. |
| 7:03
| Matt and Brendan could probably use it if they had it but they don't. Matt and Brendan are getting popular which means they're at threat level 3. We don't share audio with shows at threat level 3. |
| 7:04
| Steve has been trying to figure out how many more episodes are left in this season but so far he's only seeing 6. If you looked at Steve's recent Google searches you'd see some porn, Joe Strummer's death and a lot of stuff about the John From Cincinnati episode order. |
