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		Monday, July 16, 2007



2:02	There's a picture of Steve from Saturday night on Terry's computer. It looks like he's leaning back and striking a rock pose but Steve thinks he's just making sure his fingers are in position.
2:03	It looks to Terry like Steve is having a good time being back on the road. This is like a fake newspaper interview. Steve and Terry haven't talked about any of the shows at all. Terry's talking to Steve like he's in Weezer.
2:04	Steve has to say that there's nothing about these shows he doesn't like. Saturday was the third show and there are three more.
2:05	Stan has wanted to go to one of the shows but hasn't had a chance yet. They should have come on Saturday. The stage was in the back of the venue but in the front it was a hip-hop club.
2:06	When you walk into North Beach you see a bar and you don't think it'll be a hip-hop club. It's not really a concert venue so the dressing room was just a curtained-off area in a private room with pool tables. At some point during the show a bunch of big, scary hip-hop guys came into the dressing room to play pool.
2:07	Steve said something to the bouncer who told him that the guys would leave after they finished their game. As it turns out it was Jill from promotions who got the guys out of there before their game was over.
2:08	Steve and Mike from The Nadas sort of had her back but they also thought it best to not look at the guys. You don't want to involve more dudes in a situation like that because it could escalate things.
2:09	North Beach was like a hardcore, E2-type hip-hop club. Matt Dahl was out there robot dancing which is when Steve knew he had to leave.
2:10	When he came in it wasn't that hardcore up front, just some fans hanging out. It was a totally different thing when he walked through to leave.
2:11	It wasn't hip-hop with bling and Escalades though, it was hip-hop on a budget. It was suburban hip-hop.
2:12	Kids in the suburbs are the ones who buy most of the hip-hop records. Steve is white and in his fifties though so someone in a Sixers jersey, Timberland's and a crooked baseball cap is going to look like a thug to him. And maybe none of them were thugs. If Terry saw that look he'd also think thug.
2:13	It's weird for Terry to see white kids dressed like that walking down Michigan Avenue. Steve sees those kids all the time at the Starbuck's in Hinsdale.
2:14	It was just a weird change when he walked out of the venue to go home. It all happened when he was playing his lilly white songs in the back.
2:15	Steve knows where the next concert is but he can't say yet. Terry has wanted to come but it seems like every Saturday there's some celebrity-related event.
2:16	The show does start until 9:00 and goes to 11:00. Then a hair band came on after him.
2:17	Speaking of hair bands, Stan has been watching that Bret Michaels reality show. Steve doesn't care about stuff like that. The only reality show he's watching is the one on the Food Network. He loves Jag's mood swings.
2:18	Jag actually got booted because he lied about his military experience. He acted like he was out on the front line but he wasn't. He traded really heavily on the action he supposedly saw too.
2:19	There are a few callers on hold who say Terry is wrong. Who knows if he really is but it seems like Bonnie sides with the callers over Stan or Terry.
2:20	Caller Victoria is in the air with Stan and Terry and Steve Dahl on Chicago's FM Talk Station. Jag was kicked off but Terry had the wrong two girls as the finalists.
2:21	Jag got busted by the Army Times for his lies about military service.
2:22	Caller Tom is in the air with Stan and Terry and Steve Dahl on Chicago's FM Talk Station.
2:23	Tom thinks that Food Network probably forced Jag to step down because of his lies. There has to be some legal issue there.
2:24	Steve's still going to watch the show anyway but it's the only reality TV he watches.
2:25	The Food Network show might have been created by a former intern of Steve's. Stan thinks that's a perfect in for Steve to get on the next show.
2:26	Why would Steve want to be on that show? If the Food Network wants to give him a show that's one thing but he's not going to compete in a reality TV contest to get a show. Is Stan just trying to get the afternoon slot?
2:27	Stan just likes when Steve and Chef Hans do Meat Talk. This is a ridiculous concept but Steve will say yes just to get this over with.
2:38	Song: Blue Monday, Delbert McClinton
2:40	That was a good version of Blue Monday, it was a rocker. Why does Steve know the name Delbert McClinton? Did he and Buzz party with them?
2:41	Delbert's a pretty big name but Steve might not remember him because he's a white guy. Steve likes his blues guys to be black, like his coffee.
2:42	Did Buzz walk through the hip-hop club on Saturday night like Steve did? At some point Buzz did become aware of that but he was too distracted by a very hopped up Drew Hayes trying to get him out of the venue quickly.
2:43	Steve's not sure what kind of focus group Drew attended but it gave him an enlightenment about him and Buzz. Drew was in Steve's office today telling him how great he was. He might be trying to get Steve and Buzz into a three-way. Buzz won't rule anything out.
2:44	They should probably rule that one out. Let's just get that off the table right away. It was funny for Buzz to see Drew leading him out of the venue though. He took charge.
2:45	That's sort of what happened with Jill when she got those people out of the dressing room. Steve and Mike from The Nadas were very impressed. Then she came back with pizza!
2:46	Jill does plenty around here but every once-in-a-while she's like a bull in a China shop. On Friday at Blarney Island there were some people who didn't want to deal with her but it's worth it for times like Saturday.
2:47	On Friday as soon as Jill got out to the island she ripped down the banner of a local radio station which is pretty hardcore. She doesn't care though but certain people refused to deal with her because they thought she was unreasonable.
2:48	And she came back with good pizza too. It wasn't just a cheese and a pepperoni, it was every sort of pizza you'd want. Plus the pool tables were free to use.
2:51	So Jill was very impressive on Saturday. Her title is marketing director but to Steve that means she's in promotions. Adam might handle that end of it though.
2:52	Jill works really hard at those Dahlfins shows. She's there all day hanging up signs and she gets really good food too.
2:53	At first it was just Steve and Mike from The Nadas with 10 pizzas. Then more people started coming in including some guy who Steve didn't even know. Then a drunken Pat Dahl introduced him to Steve later calling him "the greatest guy in the world." A few years ago the same Pat Dahl introduced Steve to "the greatest guy in the world" who used to carry around a White Sox World Series trophy made of tinfoil.
2:54	Buzz is sorry he missed on the pizza but he was sitting at an empty Harlem Avenue Lounge. Based on the crowd reaction Buzz should stay and do more than one song.
2:55	Everyone goes nuts when Buzz comes out and then after that they're stuck with Steve for another 5 songs. Maybe if Buzz did 3 blues songs people would start losing interest. And the band never sounds better when Buzz is on stage.
2:56	Actually though, playing on Buzz's song is one of Steve's favorite parts of the show. Steve likes playing the song because it's a quick blues progression but it's a little tricky so it's fun to master it. Steve will be glad to know that Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat was stolen from a John Lee Hooker song and he's Delta blues.
2:57	Steve also likes playing on The Nadas' song Listen Through the Static. He sings one verse but it's fun to just do that on someone else's song.
2:58	Your own song never sounds as good to you as someone else's. If it did there'd be something wrong with you. There's no way to like your own song as much as you do someone else's. You know how your own mind works and the process that you went through to write the song but someone else's song is open to interpretation.
2:59	Steve's songs are better than he thought they were but there are certain parts where he thinks "well they seem to like it, just keep going." Steve wouldn't stand for two hours to hear his songs though.
3:00	Steve did break a sweat on Saturday for the first time but it was very hot in the venue. It wasn't really a function of moving around too much.
3:01	Buzz might have been too good on Saturday though, there was a palpable letdown when he left the stage.
3:06	A few things here. First of all, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat was stolen from Lightnin' Hopkins, not John Lee Hooker. It's still Delta blues though.
3:07	The song is stolen from Lightnin' Hopkins song Automobile Blues. Dylan had no problem stealing from people.
3:08	Also, a body was pulled out of Lake Michigan at 1:30 this afternoon near 1700 North Michigan. It could be the body of a person missing from last Wednesday's sail boat accident. Who else would it be?
3:09	Steve was talking to someone on Saturday who is related to someone who works her. He got behind the black curtain and into the dressing room, which is fine, but Steve forgot who he was affiliated with.
3:10	Steve also met Buzz's brother-in-laws, the twins. It might have been someone related to Bonnie. He wanted to talk about God which is a weird thing to want to talk about. He also wanted to know about diving so Steve told him everything he knew. Then the guy found him again and started talking about diving again.
3:11	That's when Steve knows he needs to leave, people starting repeating themselves. It was Stephanie's cousin's friend. At some point Stephanie came to get him but then he found Steve again.
3:12	This is also interesting. Apparently Lisa Stebic's children were bothered by a cross placed in their front yard along with a brown-haired doll with a picture of Lisa's face taped to it.
3:13	Melanie Greenburg, spokesperson for the family, said they wanted the cross removed for two reasons. One Lisa is Jewish and two it was distressing to the children. Shouldn't the first reason be that they don't know if she's dead yet?
3:14	Aurora carpenter Greg Zanis founded Crosses for Losses in 1996 after his father-in-law was murdered. He doesn't just do crosses here, he travels.
3:15	Steve can't think of an example of the farthest away cross for a loss but he's sure it's impressive.
3:22	Steve can see how if you're a kid and your mom is missing the cross on the front lawn is distressing. Forget about the fact that Lisa Stebic is Jewish which is huge. How can any normal, sane person construe that cross as being helpful.
3:23	The guy should just admit that he wants to get it on the action.
3:24	Caller John remembers the cross guy driving out to Colorado and making crosses on the lawn of Columbine High School. That's a pretty long trip.
3:25	Steve's looking at something from 10/08/99 that says he made 8 foot crosses for Columbine. He doesn't make the big ones any more though.
3:26	John also wanted to say that Steve rocked on Saturday night. He sounds much better in person.
3:27	What does that mean? Steve's going to put John on hold for a minute so he can try to dig himself out because he can't take that as a compliment.
3:28	What John was trying to say is that the songs sound better live than they do on the recordings. There are some people you just have to see live, like Peter Frampton.
3:29	Now he's comparing Steve to Peter Frampton? John should just stop talking and Steve will give him a spin of the wheel.
3:30	Buzz is sure he's heard of the cross guy going up to Wisconsin. It seems like there are so many murders and murderers up in Wisconsin. Buzz is wondering if it's just because they're next to us that he notices or is it a hot bed?
3:31	When Buzz goes up there it seems so nice though. Steve gets a lot of emails from people every time Buzz bad-raps Wisconsin. Up until recently he didn't even know there was a state to the north of us.
3:32	Jeffrey Dahmer might have become a nut job in the South even though he did most of his murdering in the urban gay scene of Milwaukee.
3:33	Steve has some more info about the Crosses for Losses guy. Maybe he should take a break and let the guy have a chance to tune in.
3:39	There are a few people on hold including someone from Wisconsin who would like to speak to Buzz.
3:40	Steve knows how this started. A few weeks ago Steve said something about Wisconsin leading the nation in morbid obesity. Then Buzz said he'd just been in Wisconsin and noticed everyone was fat.
3:41	Then Steve started getting emails from people living in Wisconsin who said they aren't fat and don't lead the nation in obesity.
3:42	Buzz has been to Wisconsin twice, the first time he noticed the obesity, the second time he noticed the crime. Steve has the feeling that Buzz got caught up in the free newspaper delivered to his door.
3:43	Caller Jack is going to see Buzz's Dahmer and Ed Gein and raise him a John Wayne Gacy and a Richard Speck. That's not a raise, that's a call.
3:44	Although Ed Gein only killed two people he did walk around wearing their skin. He also gave birth to an entire horror film franchise, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He was also the basis for Psycho.
3:45	Caller Greg read a book in college called Wisconsin Death Trip. It was all stories about crazy murders in the 1800s. You find that in all of your rural areas. You go unchecked and become unfettered. One day you're messing around with your cow and the next your walking around in someone's skin.
3:46	Greg used to go up to Milwaukee every year when the Brewers were still in the National League. Does he mean before Bud Selig moved his team to the National League so he could make more money off a Cubs rivalry and no one stopped him?
3:49	Since interleague play started the Sox haven't played the Brewers. Steve would like to go up and see Miller Park but he's not going unless the Sox are there. Plus he'd want to see them lose and it doesn't seem like that would be a problem.
3:50	Alright Steve still has the cross guy to make fun of. Part of him enjoys getting people to tune in for that and then not talk about it. He's not sure if he'll want to continue after the break.
3:56	That was quite a run Buzz made to get back in here. On the phone is Kerry Sayers from Comcast Sportsnet. We haven't talked to her in a while but STeve has nothing to do with the rotation.
3:57	Less Luke Stuckmeyer, more Kerry Sayers, that's what Steve always says on the air and off the air. The Sox are dead to Steve, just so Kerry knows. They're dead to themselves too.
3:58	The only good news is that the Sox have a lot more games against the Indians and Tigers so if they're going to make a move now is the time.
3:59	Steve thought the Sox split they series with the Orioles but they didn't even do that. They won the first came coming out of the All-Star break which put them at 3 in a row but then they lost the last 3.
4:00	Just when you think the bullpen can't get any worse it does. Even Bobby Jenks is starting to stumble a bit.
4:01	The Giants are in town to play the Cubs and that's a big deal because of Barry Bonds. The game got moved to 6:00 tonight for ESPN.
4:02	Barry hasn't had a hit in his last 20 at-bats. He went on a little post-game tirade last night saying he was an embarrassment to the Giants uniform.
4:03	Barry probably won't hit all 4 home runs tonight though, the odds are against him.
4:04	Something just came over from the Giants PR department that Barry might not be meeting with the press after the game.
4:05	Most pitchers probably wouldn't want to be the one who gives up Barry's 756th home run but Steve wouldn't care. People will talk about you for years to come after that.
4:06	The Bears had until this afternoon to sign Lance Briggs to a long-term deal but that didn't happen, no surprise. Now he'll get $7.25 million unless he sits out the first 10 games. That's some good agenting right there.
4:07	It has to be hard for Drew Rosenhaus to see his percentage of $7.25 million go away. The Bears can trade him before the deadline but the new team can't give him a long-term deal. No one wanted him enough during the off-season because he's a troublemaker.
4:08	Even though Steve says he won't be watching the Sox game he still will. They're just breaking his heart.
4:09	Buzz is fascinated by the Lance Briggs situation. It's totally insane. Maybe he doesn't own a calculator but he does have an agent who's theoretically looking out for him.
4:10	At some point if a guy is a knucklehead and wants to do something his agent can't talk him out of it.
4:13	This just in, Barry Bonds has been scratched from tonight's line-up. So Comcast will have the game on Thursday which might not be too late.
4:14	It's funny that ESPN moves the game to 6:00 tonight and he's not even playing.
4:15	Live read: Balance for Life
4:16	It makes a big difference that you get to choose what kind of food you want with Balance for Life. Steve's a grown man, if he doesn't want to eat tuna, he shouldn't have to.
4:17	Headlines with Buzz
4:18	Japan was rocked by an earthquake today. Steve hasn't heard from his buddy Shu in a while, hopefully he's OK.
4:19	Also being rocked today, Kirkuk, Iraq where 2 car bombings killed 80 people.
4:20	It's being reported in the UK's Guardian that the White House is leaning towards military action in Iran, as favored by Dick Cheney. Aren't we a little over-extended already? Plus we'd be fighting with guys who have actual weapons.
4:21	America's first Muslim Congressman, Keith Ellison, has compared President Bush to Adolph Hitler. Keith Ellison doesn't sound like a Muslim name. They're very liberal up there, is he just some NPR fan who read the Koran and was so taken by it that he converted.
4:22	The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay out $600 million to clergy abuse victims. That's about a million per person and now the Bishop doesn't have to answer any questions about hiding it.
4:23	Lindsay Lohan is out of rehab. She spent the weekend partying with friends but not drinking, wearing an ankle bracelet to detect alcohol consumption. Do you want to go out the first weekend you're out? That's pushing it.
4:24	J.K. Rowling is warning Harry Potter fans that she's killed off two main characters in the final book about the saga. Why would she stop writing these books? She probably doesn't need the money but that wouldn't stop Steve.
4:30	Hey Buzz, guess who's on the line? He probably won't be able to guess so it's unfair to ask. Jimmy Gierczyk is on the line. What's he doing right now, developing?
4:31	Jimmy is showing some properties in New Buffalo right now. A lot of people stay in New Buffalo for the weekend and by Monday they're ready to buy a place.
4:32	The weather has been great in New Buffalo for the entire summer. The new casino is opening August 2nd too. They're also close on getting final approvals for a new train station.
4:33	Then there will be a train that goes from Union Station to New Buffalo in about 56 minutes. The station will be downtown too, the current one is on the outskirts of town.
4:34	Steve is excited about the train station. There are a ton of Amtrak trains that fly through the town everyday but they don't stop.
4:35	It seems like a ton of people would get on the Amtrak if it stopped in New Buffalo more often.
4:36	A lot of people have been on the fence about moving to New Buffalo so this train station will really help people make a decision. It's also good for people who want to commute out during the weekends to visit their family.
4:37	Right now you can take the South Shore line but that stops at Michigan City so you still have to get to New Buffalo. Plus the train stop so often that you might be better off driving.
4:38	Buzz should really start looking at a place in New Buffalo. They made their places too nice. If Steve were developing property up there he'd cut every corner possible. The Gierczyk's are not corner cutters.
4:39	Jim Gierczyk is the man and they've got some really nice places up there. Buzz has a gig any time he wants up there too.
4:40	Jim knows the chief of the reservation where they're building the Indian casino, how cool is that? Steve went to check out the land and the reservation police stopped him.
4:41	Jim Gierczyk actually developed the World Music Theater but Steve didn't really know him back then. He's a straight-shooter and those are few and far between.
4:49	It's Blue Monday on the Steve Dahl Show. On Saturday night people saw a rockin' Buzz Kilman.
4:50	Buzz had a lot of fun at North Beach, it was like an adult theme park. Did Steve stay for Backstage Pass?
4:51	When Steve was leaving Backstage Pass was on stage. In one room there was an 80s hair metal band and in the next room a hip-hop club where Matt Dahl was doing the robot and wearing that hat which Steve now blames Buzz for.
4:52	When Steve asks Matt to take the hat off he gets mad. He can't remember where they were but it was an inappropriate setting to be wearing a hat. There are some blues men that Buzz has never seen without a hat. Matt Dahl is not a blues man though.
4:53	So Matt Dahl was robot dancing in his fedora as Steve was leaving. He was somewhat freaked out because when he came in it was a beach bar and when he left it was a full-on gangsta hip-hop club.
4:54	Brendan was also on the dance floor along with Mike Dahl. He's not sure about Pat Dahl though. Pat might have been too busy talking about the guy he just met who was the "greatest guy in the world".
4:55	When Pat's drinking, you're lucky just to keep his clothing on. He's one of those guys who likes to take his clothes off when he's drunk. It's something in their genetic encoding.
4:56	Some guys just like to whip it out when they're drunk, like Danny Bonaduce. Steve doesn't take his clothes off when he's drunk. He doesn't even want to take his clothes off when he's showering.
4:58	As Steve said earlier one of his favorite parts of the show is playing on The Nadas' Listen Through the Static.
4:59	Song: Listen Through the Static, The Nadas
5:03	The Nadas are all good guys and they're good musicians. It's really hard for a lot of musicians to be normal, likeable guys but somehow they pull it off.
5:04	It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve is having a steak taco. He could eat a Taco Bell taco every day of the year. Buzz feels the same way.
5:05	Taco Bell does over their tacos al fresco, which takes the cheese off but most tacos are pretty balanced anyway.
5:06	These tacos aren't even special made for Steve, they're factory right from the local Taco Bell. Stephanie or Tina goes over there everyday to get the food.
5:07	The best part about Taco Bell is you can go there and order a ton of items and it's not going to cost you more than $20.
5:08	Steve would like to see the Kilman's become a two-car family so Buzz can do more aimless wandering. He lives in a bubble and doesn't know what else is out there.
5:09	Steve grew up in Southern California so he's steeped in Taco Bell tradition. Their ad campaign used to be "when you think of bells, think of tacos." Then they'd say thinks like the Liberty Taco.
5:10	When Steve was short on cash he'd always hit the Taco Bell for the refried beans and cheese.
5:16	Steve doesn't want Buzz misinterpreting what he said earlier. He lives in a bubble but it's a good bubble. He's a genius really. It's just funny the things he notices, like Applebee's.
5:17	Aimee is familiar with places like that because she's a suburban girl. Buzz has deprived her of that because he likes to go to different and unique places. Although he's created his own chain situation because he wants to go to the same place every week.
5:18	Buzz actually just lost his favorite Mexican restaurant recently. El Mariachi is a great, small, sort of rundown place with fantastic food. People like to call that atmosphere, not rundown.
5:19	For the last two years El Mariachi has been waiting to open a new location up the street but there were problems with the liquor license. They finally got it open and the new place is all brand-new and nice and packed.
5:20	So it's still there but it's too popular for Buzz. Even the El Mariachi people seemed shocked. The old place is usually half empty but the new place was full of people Buzz had never seen before and this is his neighborhood!
5:21	The bar was full of young, blond chicks in white shirts and black shorts, young studs hitting on them and the decibel level was too high.
5:22	The family that owns El Mariachi have always been great to Buzz and he wishes them nothing but the best. Maybe the whole thing will right itself after a while. Why would that all of the sudden become a place for singles to hang out?
5:23	The good news is that there's another El Mariachi further down the street that only has about 5 tables in it. That place can't be long for this world though. Why pay for three leases when you can have one place that's totally rockin'?
5:24	Steve new something squirrelly was going on with Buzz's Mexican restaurant when he told him about the new location.
5:25	The food was still the same quality Buzz was used to though. He normally goes with the chicken with mole sauce or a chicken enchilada.
5:26	Steve has some sports to lay on the people. Barry Bonds has been scratched from tonight's line-up at Wrigley Field to rest his aching legs.
5:27	Bonds needs 4 home runs to tie Hank Aaron's all-time record. Rich Hill starts for the Cubs against Tom Lincecum.
5:28	The White Sox, who suck, are in Cleveland to take on the Indians. John Danks takes the mound for the Sox.
5:29	Jim Thome said the Sox need to start winning. He's a regular Albert Einstein.
5:30	The 3:00 PM deadline came and went for Lance Briggs and the Bears meaning he can not sign a long-term deal with the team. Briggs has said he will sit out the first 10 games and then play the last 6 so he can receive another year of eligibility in his pension.
5:31	Even if he gets more money in his pension it won't be as much as he's losing by sitting out the first 10 games.
5:32	Joe DiMaggio's journals from the early 80s until his death have been released. In the journals he says that signing autographs at old timer's games is stressful and that airplane food should be fed to pigs.
5:38	On Saturday Cubs pitcher Rich Hill introduced the starting line-up as Kip from Napoleon Dynamite. It didn't seem like Dick Stockton got the joke though.
5:39	Steve thought it was pretty funny and made him like Rich Hill a lot. He also caught a little Jeff Garlin doing the 7th Inning Stretch with his dad yesterday too.
5:40	Jeff was talking about how he isn't interested in going down to the locker room after a game, just like Steve. Then they told Jeff that a lot of guests freeze up when asked to call a game. Jeff couldn't believe that but then he sort of froze up trying to call the game.
5:41	As it turns out the Cubs b-roll stuff is more interesting than what the White Sox are doing lately. Steve thought the Sox split their series against he Orioles but as it turns out they lost 3 of 4.
5:42	Live read: Townstone Financial
5:43	Right now David Hochberg is cavorting along the Dalmatian coast with Eric and Kathy, cheating on Steve and Buzz. David is getting reports from his brother so then he emails Steve with stuff like "I heard you're giving me a hard time, don't worry, I'm wearing my manzier." Why doesn't he just call while he's having sex with them?
5:44	Eric and Kathy specialize in live reads where they each read every other line, that's their thing. Steve and Buzz could do something like that if it's what David wants.
5:45	Steve's not sure if David's entire family is with him in Croatia. In Mexico he had quite the entourage with him. Even with a nanny there it still seemed like he was pressed into service quite a bit.
5:46	David seems fairly whipped but maybe that's why he wants to hang out with Eric, who also seems fairly whipped.
5:47	Time for some random phone calls, it seems like a phone day for it. Steve was doing it and giving away passes to the Dahlfins show but that forced him to be nice and not hang up on people, taking all the fun out of it for him.
5:48	It'll take a while to get any calls because we're on a 48 second delay because of HD radio. Steve has no idea why we'd delay something 48 seconds for something that not a lot of people have.
5:49	John the engineer doesn't explain it when Steve asks about it, he just says it's because of HD radio, then zips up his down vest and is on his way. Drew tries to explain it but his eyes glaze over about 24 seconds in. Steve could try to call for an explanation.
5:50	Steve accidentally called the news room. Jim figured he misdialed since he doesn't know anything about engineering. That might qualify him to be an engineer here.
5:51	The first caller is doing a bad Arab accent which means Steve can hang up on him.
5:52	The next caller thinks Buzz's daughter's eyes would light up if he took her to the Michigan Dunes in the winter. Are these all the people Brendan normally hangs up on?
5:53	The next caller was listening to Garry this morning and he heard one of Steve's earliest producers on the show. Was it Dan? Dan is on Garry's show.
5:54	He doesn't think it was Dan on the show. Steve does know that Garry had the guy from the Groove Pushers on this morning. That guy's sister was supposed to be Steve's NASCAR hook-up but she never called about the tickets.
5:55	Does this place look like a fruit farm where people come and just pick off whatever's on Steve's tree?! Steve had to basically fill Garry in on everything that happened at Disco Demolition because all he wanted to do was bash his family.
5:56	Now Steve's got his whole family mad at him because of that. He got an email from his dad that said "so sad" Steve had to send back an email asking him what he was talking about.
5:57	Steve was trying to talk about Disco Demolition but he got dragged into talking about his brother and it was all in the show log! Steve does have something to talk to Jim about. He thought there was an unwritten rule about this stuff!
5:58	Jim didn't think there was anything that bad in the show log but he is aware of the unwritten rule. It wasn't the worst of what was said, Steve will give him that. He still got dragged into this whole thing while Garry couldn't remember anything about Disco Demolition.
5:59	This happens semi-annually so it's just as well we got it out of the way. Steve's going to go through the show log with Jim because he doesn't want to talk to random calls.
6:00	Really this is all Stan's fault, he's the one who brought all this stuff up about his brother. He's Mr. Dead-End City. Stan's like a neighborhood in Naperville, that's how many cul-de-sac's he has. Is Jim writing all this down?
6:01	He's not writing any of this down but he'll go back and listen during the break.
6:02	Steve does say something positive about Rick's new business. Maybe his dad was mad that he gave up the good idea? Steve could write up something like this and send it to Jim's family and they'd be alright with it?
6:05	Live read: Balance for Life
6:06	News with Buzz
6:07	Colorado's governor is safe after a gunman entered the capitol building and made threatening statements. It seems like the gun is a threatening enough statement.
6:08	The man was ushered out of the building by security and then shot and killed. He came in saying he was the emperor and planned to take over the state's government. That's certainly an interesting idea.
6:09	The Los Angeles Archdiocese has agreed to pay out over $600 million to clergy abuse victims. That's a lot of bad apples in that Archdiocese. Usually every work place has a few bad apples but nothing like this.
6:12	Over 120 people have reported salmonella-like symptoms after eating at the Pars Cove booth at the Taste of Chicago.
6:13	Steve's had the same symptoms and he didn't even go to the Taste. Why would you eat hummus at the Taste anyway?
6:23	Steve calls down to the news room. He's also going to bring Pete in on the John From Cincinnati round-table discussion.
6:24	How great was that episode last night? It made Steve never want to do anything again because he would never do anything as good as that.
6:25	It was the most well-written hour of television that Steve has ever seen. It made him want to just go work at McDonald's. And not at McDonald's corporate but as the shift manager at a restaurant.
6:26	Last night's episode was the kind of thing that called back to all the previous episodes so now you have to watch all those again.
6:27	Steve doesn't even know what he saw last night. It was so good that he was weeping. Not weeping but his eyes were watering. He doesn't even understand what he saw.
6:28	Jim doesn't even know what to say about the episode, it was just so weird and bizarre and awesome. It's also filthy, it's not just about morality, there's a lot of bad language.
6:29	Steve's going to have to go back and watch the episode again because there's probably a lot he didn't catch. Does Pete concur? He doesn't really have anything to add he's just laughing at how excited Jim is getting.
6:30	From now on Steve is going to call Jim after the episode is over so they can talk about what they just saw.
6:36	At this point Steve can't recommend that Buzz watching John From Cincinnati. He doesn't care what anyone else thinks about it any more. He doesn't even care if it goes off the air. Whatever happens to it is what's supposed to happen.
6:37	Steve will just be thankful for what he saw last night. It was the most stunning hour of television he's ever seen. Last week if Buzz wouldn't have liked it Steve would have killed him. This week he doesn't care.
6:38	Steve and Pete and Jim all like it so that should be enough of a recommendation. They really did the show a disservice by putting it on after The Sopranos.
6:39	People are calling in to talk about it but there's nothing to talk about. It's too complicated.
6:40	Last week's episode was just OK but it set the table for last night. It was so good that Steve doesn't know how to describe it. It goes beyond the scope of his own imagination and he has a pretty good imagination.
6:41	Steve's going back to Random Phone calls. The first woman is wondering what Steve is talking about. It's John From Cincinnati and all the episodes are on Comcast.
6:42	The next caller was at the show on Saturday and had a great time. The crowd seemed much more into it than the Cubby Bear Show.
6:43	Another happy customer right there. Theoretically the shows will get better as time goes on.
6:44	The next caller was at Blarney Island and North Beach over the weekend. She thought the people at Blarney Island blew away the people at North Beach. Steve doesn't care about her waitress. He thought the people at Blarney Island in the crowd talked too much.
6:45	The next caller is wondering if Steve talked about The Sopranos finale yet. Steve talked about it already, it was a while ago. Steve doesn't even remember how it ended.
6:46	Steve doesn't really remember what he said about the finale. There was a lot of false information out there about it though. Ultimately he decided it was David Chase's show and he could do whatever he wanted.
6:47	The next caller is breaking Steve's string of ladies but that last one...she seemed nice but she's living in the past.
6:53	Steve can't get back into talking about The Sopranos finale. Brendan is wondering what Steve thought about the Seinfeld finale.
6:54	Let's talk about MAS*H, was it a chicken or a baby that Hawkeye was choking?
6:55	Matt does remember the last place Steve told him to take his hat off. It was at the July 3rd dinner at the Mid America Club. Matt likes to make an entrance and then find a good place to stow his hat.
6:56	Steve got an email from a guy who was at the show on Saturday. The stage was set up in the volleyball courts. The first half was covered with boards but the second half was uncovered and had a weird mercury light tinge to it.
6:57	The emailer has one final question, what was the deal with Brendan's shorts? Steve saw a lot of weird things on Saturday but to his credit didn't look at Brendan's shorts.
6:58	Was Brendan wearing the hot pants on Saturday or the Jerry West short shorts? He was wearing blue plaid shorts.
6:59	Steve didn't see Brendan's shorts on Saturday but he did see him dancing in the crowd with Chef Hans. That to him was very troubling. Hans was like a Steve Dahl groupie at the show. After the show he did one of those things where he ran at him arms open, jumped into the air and wrapped his legs around Steve. It wasn't exactly like that but it had that feel. Steve had to physically detach Chef Hans. Meanwhile Pete didn't lay a hand on Steve even though that's what he was waiting for all night.
7:01	Pete left early, he was supposed to get a ride home in the limo, so he might have been jealous.
7:02	Brendan was dancing with the cute intern from promotions when Chef Hans found him. When Steve arrived at North Beach the promotions intern told him he looked really nice which was a feel-good.
7:03	People had more fun than Steve did before, during and after the show but that's fine with him. They have more tools to use anyway. Steve didn't know there would be dancing with interns or doing the robot with your fedora.
7:04	It was a sweet robot though, Matt's a good dancer. In addition to the hip-hop guys there were chach guys in polos with their sleeves rolled up. At that point Matt had to whip out the robot.