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| 2:02
| Stan just played a drop from some show called The Kill Point. They were talking to some guy from the show. |
| 2:03
| They played a 10 minutes clip just because they talked to some guy? The Kill Point is a new Spike TV show on Sunday nights at 9:00. It's like The Nine with action. |
| 2:04
| Terry has to leave because he's doing a story about all the Batman filming in Chicago. He won't be talking to Batman himself though, he's not in town. |
| 2:05
| Christian Bale is coming back this weekend for more filming though. Right now they're filming a scene below the building in the Metra station. Stan had trouble leaving last night because they were filming. That's when Steve keeps driving right through. He might be in the movie. |
| 2:06
| After the set visit Terry is hosting Chicago Tribune Live for Dan Jiggetts. It sounds like a busy schedule for him. He still wanted to say hello to Steve before he left because he didn't want to come off as a prima donna. He is a prima donna but that's still a lot to do in one day. |
| 2:07
| There are actually two ways to leave the parking garage, you would think they'd open the other exit during the filming. There's also only one elevator working in the parking garage. |
| 2:08
| It seems like that elevator has been broken for a while. Can't they just call Otis? They have everything. They probably just shut one of them off to save money. |
| 2:09
| There's also a staircase that gets you up to the Randolph lobby. Steve needs to be taken all the way up to the main lobby. If Stan's walking up four flights of stairs he should be getting a discount or something. |
| 2:10
| Stan's wondering if Steve has ever run into the African guy in the suit. Is he a character in the new Batman movie? Stan thinks he might own the company that manages the parking lot. |
| 2:11
| Bonnie had a run in with him because she kept trying to use her badge to leave the parking lot, but took a ticket every time she came in. Then the guy accused her of trying to badge other people out. |
| 2:12
| At a certain time during the day you can leave the parking garage at the second entrance so Stan could go around the Batman filming. |
| 2:13
| Steve doesn't really pay attention to the rest of the parking garage, he comes in on level two, parks on level two and leaves on level two. There's no reason for Stan to further narrow down where he is though. |
| 2:14
| Then Steve makes a u-turn from the lower Columbus ramp to upper Columbus. It's the bat-turn, but he's not sure if it's legal. Everyone makes it though. If Steve can't make that turn he has to go all the way around and it takes for freaking ever. |
| 2:15
| Stan should look into that other exit though. Stan's familiar with that ramp, it's an auxiliary they built out of metal that's block off by those parking bollards. |
| 2:16
| Terry's not here to rein Stan in and there's a sick part of Steve that could talk parking lots all day but he has to stop now. |
| 2:23
| Song: Wish I Was Still Drinking, Colin Hay |
| 2:27
| That's from Colin Hay's latest album Are You Lookin' at Me? Colin might still wish he's drinking, as does Steve somedays. |
| 2:28
| Colin Hay is here and he'll be playing in a few minutes. His guitar arrived late, having been sent ahead to the Abbey Pub where he's playing tonight. |
| 2:29
| When Colin first got here at 2:00 he had a weird look on his face and it's probably because his guitar wasn't here. He was just standing in that studio with Pete and all the microphones and other equipment. |
| 2:30
| Steve offered Colin one of his guitars but he tours it's just him and a guitar so it's like a person. Colin doesn't need the guitar at the Abbey Pub without him trying to nail chicks. |
| 2:31
| One of the Looney's from the Abbey Pub was here to deliver the guitar just a few minutes ago. If Steve were them he'd call it the Looney Bin but that's him. |
| 2:32
| Buzz's friend Pat Looney is of course the real Bartman, you can see it right in the video. He was the one going for the ball but he managed to push off the blame on Bartman. He even gave an interview on his way out of that game pinning it on Bartman. |
| 2:33
| Steve knows it was really Pat Looney, Buzz knows it, even Pat knows it but still it's not called the Looney Ball. That would be a good name for it though. |
| 2:34
| The guitar got here pretty fast from the Abbey. Steve went there once for Buzz's birthday and it seemed really far away. Even last night when Steve took Mike Dahl home from the Sox game it seemed like it was really far away and that's just Armitage and Halsted. |
| 2:40
| Colin Hay is here. That was a nice intro from the Larry Sanders Show. Colin was really excited to be on that show. |
| 2:41
| Did Steve ask Colin last time if he lived in the U.S.? He's lived in LA for the last 17 years. Steve will probably ask him the next time he's here too. |
| 2:42
| Steve saw Colin on the scoreboard at the White Sox game but didn't seem him in the stands. He assumes that he played a few songs before the game though. |
| 2:43
| It's weird when they have musical guests at The Cell because they're just standing in the middle of the field. Colin played at the Olympics in Sydney a few years ago and at the World Cup last summer as well. |
| 2:44
| They do a look-alike contest at The Cell and they showed Colin next to an old picture of himself. There were also a few shots of guys who didn't really look like Colin. When Colin came on the screen the guy in front of Steve said "hey that really does look like him." |
| 2:45
| Colin played the opening ceremonies of the Sydney Summer Olympics which was a huge event. |
| 2:46
| The band's handler at the ceremony told him that various people would come to get him and bring him to different places along the way. Then they were standing there and Kylie Minogue had finished her song and no one was coming to get them. |
| 2:47
| Then they made the announcement for the band and they all had to spring across the field to get to the stage. It all worked out well for him though. |
| 2:48
| Colin's playing the Abbey Pub tonight or the Looney Bin as Steve thinks they should call it. The doors open at 6:30 but Colin goes on at 9:15. The audience should be good and hammered by then. |
| 2:49
| Colin's audience doesn't get too rowdy usually so he's not worried. His shows are songs and stories so it behooves the audience to keep it together and pay attention. |
| 2:50
| Colin was playing at a rugby match a few weeks ago and this drunk guy was convinced he was Johnny Cash. The girl with him just rolled her eyes and said "yes I'm with this idiot." |
| 2:51
| At some point you can't fight the drunks in the crowd. Steve imagines hears "Vegamite!" a lot from the drunks. Colin was playing the Mohecan Sun and some guy walked up to him wondering who he was. After he told him he was in Men at Work he yelled "Vegamite sandwich!" |
| 2:52
| Steve's not sure if he's asked Colin this question before but when he was on that Scrubs episode, was that before Garden State or after? |
| 2:53
| When Colin was filming that episode, between takes, Zach Braff would tell him about the movie he was writing. He told him he wanted to use one of his songs in the movie and true to his word he did. |
| 2:54
| Zach Braff used to come see Colin before he was even on Scrubs and he'd had that song he used in the movie for 10 years. |
| 2:55
| Colin Hay performs Are You Lookin' at Me? |
| 2:59
| That is the title track from the new album. Colin will be at the Abbey Pub tonight. That's at Elston and Grace. |
| 3:00
| Steve and Buzz are a little spent, they were just visited by a Looney brother during the song who was talking about a mile a minute. |
| 3:01
| Buzz didn't even say anything to him and it's his friend. Steve had to put his headphones on and listen to Colin in case he swore. Buzz was ignoring him with his headphones off too, how Buzz Kilman is that?! |
| 3:06
| Colin got his guitar smashed at the end of the Scrubs episode but it wasn't his real guitar, just a stunt guitar. |
| 3:07
| The best part about the Looney brother being in here is that Buzz completely ignored him. Steve's not even saying it was wrong, he was just impressed by it. Steve doesn't have the fortitude, he caved and talked to him. |
| 3:08
| During the break Steve went into Pete's studio to get a picture with Colin because that's what you do when you're in Hollywood. |
| 3:09
| Steve and Colin were talking about the Sox game last night. At some point during the game, in between innings, people get up on the dugout and dance to three songs. The song that gets the loudest applause gets played in the 6th. |
| 3:10
| Usually they have one cute girl dancing but last night there were two girls and one of them couldn't dance. What kind of girl can't dance? What's the point of that? |
| 3:11
| The first song was Men at Work and the girl was cute but she wasn't putting out. The other girl was dancing to Walk This Way and she was working it like a stripper. Now that they're 15 games out they should think about putting stripper poles on top of the dugout. |
| 3:12
| Colin's new album is available on iTunes and at record stores if those are still around. The Virgin Megastore on Michigan Avenue just closed. |
| 3:13
| Even though Colin just plays by himself he still has lights and lasers and things exploding on stage. Colin is actually touring with a band this time around and they'll all be at the Abbey tonight. |
| 3:14
| Colin was going to do one song but then Mary came in and requested Overkill. You can't overkill that song though. |
| 3:15
| Colin performs Overkill. |
| 3:16
| Colin wrote that song by himself. Steve's wondering how long it took him. Did it all just come out at once? |
| 3:17
| Colin wrote that one in about an hour and a half. Everything pretty much came out at once too, words and music. |
| 3:18
| Colin has that song I Wish I Was Still Drinking on his new album. He's not drinking any more and he's been sober for about 16 years. Steve's right behind him at 12 years. |
| 3:19
| Sometimes Colin wished he was still drinking when he's around other people who are drinking, just so he can understand what they're talking about or when they start repeating themselves. |
| 3:28
| Colin Hay's new album is available on iTunes, at a record store if you can find one, or on his website. You can also get it at the show tonight at The Abbey. |
| 3:29
| Also available on iTunes is Man at Work where Colin does a lot of Men at Work songs acoustically. |
| 3:30
| The heady days were really 1982 and 1983 for the band but it all still seems current because Colin still plays a lot of the songs. |
| 3:31
| When they were nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy their dressing room was next to Miles Davis and Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. |
| 3:32
| Steve knows Colin has to get to a sound check at the Abbey. HIs record company guy is getting all antsy. |
| 3:33
| Colin performs Waiting for My Real Life to Begin. |
| 3:36
| There's a great point at the end of the song where Steve and Buzz could come in playing didgeridoos. They could draw the song out for another 15 minutes at least. |
| 3:44
| On the phone is Mark Schanowski from Comcast Sportsnet. He must have drawn the short straw today. |
| 3:45
| Steve couldn't help noticing, as he was watching the Sox lose in person, that the Brewers lost and the Cubs won last night. |
| 3:46
| Mark wouldn't be surprised if the Cubs made a deal before the deadline to get a power hitter for right field. |
| 3:47
| Steve thinks Jermaine Dye would be available by Tuesday. The Cubs can have Contreras too, no questions asked. Steve will just drop him off at Wrigley and drive away. |
| 3:48
| Steve was thinking about this last night when he noticed that the Cubs had won and the Brewers had lost, that he's not mad about it. He just doesn't have the animosity towards the Cubs that his boys do. |
| 3:49
| Steve wants to know what the hell is wrong with Ozzie. It seems like he just sits in the dugout all game chewing sunflower seeds. |
| 3:50
| Mark thinks it might be too late for Ozzie to go nuts on the team and get them going. |
| 3:51
| Mark doesn't think the Sox should dismantle all the guys from their championship team for minor league prospects that might not make it to the major leagues. They'll probably be able to keep Iguchi but not Dye. They need a high-caliber centerfielder though. |
| 3:52
| Steve doesn't want to talk about the Sox any more, it's bumming him out. The Cubs are playing well, they deserve to be talked about. |
| 3:53
| The Cubs are in St. Louis tonight to finish out that series. Jason Marquis is pitching against his old team. He's done pretty well lately, as has Ted Lilly who pitched last night. |
| 3:54
| Alright that's enough about the Cubs. How about the Bears, that's something everyone can agree on. Today Mark was walking through the parking garage with a Comcast intern and die-hard Sox fan. He asked him if he would switch over during the pennant chase and he said he couldn't because he's from Oak Park. |
| 3:55
| It's worse when you lose after winning a championship. You wait all that time to win and then you win and there's nothing else left. Mark is wondering what will happen if the Cubs ever win. After all that time it seems like they'd just dismantle the franchise. |
| 3:56
| Mark indulges Steve with the White Sox talk but he really doesn't need to talk about them any more. That being said, he gets the feeling Ed Farmer will call in today since he mentioned it last night during the post-game. |
| 3:57
| Steve doesn't normally care about Bears training camp but it can't get here fast enough this year. He'll be sure to tune in and watch all the players arriving with their giant TVs, video game systems and La-z-Boys. |
| 4:03
| There's a word Buzz has never seen before in his live read, maliburum. That's probably Malibu Rum. |
| 4:04
| Hey, Steve just saw a Bear carrying a TV into a dorm. It was Tommie Harris but he's not sure what kind of TV it was. |
| 4:05
| Brendan says it was Chris Harris but Steve saw several Bears. Could Brendan come in and identify all of these Bears? |
| 4:06
| Chris Harris was bringing in a 17 inch tube TV, that's embarrassing. He needs to get a new one. |
| 4:07
| Brendan can't tell who the next guy is but he's wearing some sweet matching shorts and shoes. He's got a flat-screen TV but it doesn't look like a very new one. He's also got a PS2, that's not even up-to-date. He must be a rookie. |
| 4:08
| The Bears probably set Lovie up with a nice AV system because he has to watch all that game film. It's probably hooked up to the Spice Channel too because Lovie loves his porn. |
| 4:09
| Lovie belongs to some born-again religion that doesn't allow dancing but is OK with guys wearing helmets trying to paralyze each other. |
| 4:10
| Buzz seems to be transfixed with seeing Lovie Smith. It is good to see him again. Steve's remotes are controlling both TVs in the studio because the engineers came in and were messing with something. |
| 4:11
| They didn't tell Steve or Mary what they did and only sort of told Pete. It seems like he can control both TVs with his TiVo remote but if he hadn't been able to rewind he couldn't be held responsible for his action. |
| 4:12
| While Buzz was doing the live read he missed a mini, childlike temper tantrum from Steve. During the break Pete came in and tried to explain the TV situation but of course anything he says takes a long time and doesn't make much sense. |
| 4:13
| Steve doesn't want to control Buzz's TV though. He likes to watch his porn during the show and doesn't want to distract Buzz. |
| 4:14
| Live read: Cheeseburger in Paradise |
| 4:20
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:21
| The Dow dropped a whopping 400 points, came back about 100 points and closed at 13,473. That means Buzz will be in tomorrow and for the foreseeable future. |
| 4:22
| According to an report about astronaut health issues, astronauts were allowed to fly drunk at least twice. It's just a rocket, who cares if they're drunk? They get in, NASA lights the rocket and they go. |
| 4:23
| NASA has a 12 hour bottle to throttle rule, but that doesn't seem like enough time. When Steve goes scuba diving he can't fly for at least 24 hours. It seems like flying hungover is more dangerous than flying drunk anyway. When you're hungover you want to die. |
| 4:24
| Before Buzz gets off of NASA, a story just came in. An unidentified space program worker deliberately damaged a computer that was supposed to be on the shuttle Endeavor which launches in two weeks. |
| 4:25
| Steve's hoping this is a terrorist and we've thwarted another plot. How often do you get to say thwarted anyway? |
| 4:26
| An Army general may lose one star for providing misleading information about the death of Pat Tillman. One start doesn't seem that bad though, it seems like he should be kicked out. |
| 4:27
| Michael Vick arrived at court today to face all those dog charges and got a less than enthusiastic response from protestors. What up dawg?! |
| 4:28
| Steve heard that someone in the crowd had a crudely fashioned sign that said "Vick is my Dawg". The PETA people were across the street because they're all chickens. |
| 4:29
| The Macy's food court has re-opened after it was shut down with a fruit fly infestation. Buzz found fruit flies in his kitchen and then he threw out all his fruit. |
| 4:30
| Buzz threw out a lot of stuff in his kitchen and also introduced a few chemicals to the environment. That's always good to do around the food. |
| 4:31
| Steve also heard that someone did a header at Macy's but he's not sure if it was today or yesterday. Someone jumped from a balcony right down the open center of the store. |
| 4:32
| A teen in Sherborn, Massachusetts was charged with allegedly having sex with a sheep at a farm near his home. |
| 4:33
| Roger Henderson, age 18, was charged with bestiality, cruelty to animals and breaking and entering at the farm. Breaking and entering the sheep's heart maybe. |
| 4:34
| Caller Janelle has a fruit fly tip for Buzz. Open a can or bottle of beer, take a few sips and leave it out. They can't help themselves and go right for the beer then get stuck. They're barflys probably. |
| 4:39
| Steve would just like to say that Pete's last-minute nature is really irritating him right now. He's known that we're doing Music Snob Corner now but he waited until just before Steve sat down to put his CD in. Someone needs attention! |
| 4:40
| Pete claims he was doing some last-minute stuff with the sports but Steve's not buying it. He usually doesn't get the sports until 5:30. |
| 4:41
| Steve has Colin Hay tickets to give away but he's not sure how to do it. Steve thought about going to the show but it's like we had a 1 hour personal concert in-studio. Plus someone would say something to Steve or the other Looney brother would talk his ear off. |
| 4:42
| Pete's segment is going to be pre-empted because Ed Farmer is on hold. That means we have to play his intro which he probably won't want to hear. We have to play it though because it's sponsored. |
| 4:43
| Even Steve is irritated by the fact that those highlights are from two days ago. They lost last night but they did win today. |
| 4:44
| Steve left early last night because he can tell when things are going sour. The Sox won on a bunt today but it's probably not going to be enough. They're still 14 1/2 back. |
| 4:45
| Steve can't even begin to tell Ed the things he wants to yell at the White Sox. He's so close too so they'd hear him. |
| 4:46
| Ed's still doing a good job on the games though. Steve listened to the entire brutal end of the game as he was driving Mike Dahl home. |
| 4:47
| Ed's in his car right now leaving the game and he's not going anywhere. Why do they call it rush hour, no one is moving. |
| 4:48
| Ed figured something else out about the White Sox lately. In 2005 the other teams would complain about how long games against the Sox took. |
| 4:49
| That's because the Sox were getting 18 hits and scoring 12 runs. It's no fun to be on the other side of that though. |
| 4:50
| Ed thinks Bukvich has finally turned the corner in the bullpen though. Steve feels it might be due to all of his good heckling. He probably realized that Steve was right with his "you suck" heckle. |
| 4:51
| Bukvich has been getting that first strike a lot lately and that's key to get when you're a reliever. |
| 4:52
| If you get that first strike you can throw inside and not worry about a warning. The ump knows you wouldn't want to hit someone with an 0-1 count. |
| 4:53
| Stan Williams had a stipulation in his contract that he'd get a certain amount of money as long as he kept his walks down. Hit batters didn't count though so if he was 3-0 in the count he'd just hit someone |
| 4:54
| That was back in the old days when you could do that kind of stuff. Steve grew up watching Don Drysdale and hitting someone was part of his game. |
| 4:55
| Bob Gibson was the same way. Once when the Cardinals were playing the Cubs Randy Hundley commented that Bob had a great fastball while he was up to bat. |
| 4:56
| The next time Randy came up to the plate Bob threw right at him and knocked him onto the ground. Then the Cardinals catcher said "Bob doesn't want you talking to him any more." |
| 4:57
| The Blue Jays come in next and they've been pretty hot lately. Jon Garland is pitching tomorrow. |
| 4:58
| Ed couldn't tell who Steve was at the game with last night but he thought it was Janet. It was actually Mike Dahl, maybe it's his haircut. |
| 4:59
| Steve and Mike arrived late to the game but Mike wanted to do a buffet walk-through. |
| 5:00
| Ed wants to know when Steve's bringing Buzz in. He hasn't expressed any interest this year, maybe because they're tanking. Buzz only watches winners. |
| 5:01
| Ed's in good spirits considering the Sox are 14 1/2 games out of first place. Steve can't get enough of stories about guys getting hit because that's what the game is all about. |
| 5:02
| They've gotten too far away from that. It's not that Steve doesn't like Jim Thome but he watches NL games and it seems like that's the way the game should be played. |
| 5:03
| No DH would make it more interesting but even in the NL they issues warnings if someone gets hit. |
| 5:04
| Buzz was watching sports highlights last night and someone took a pitch right to the jaw. He's not sure who it was but the pitcher looked genuinely sorry that the pitch got away from him. |
| 5:10
| It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. |
| 5:11
| Steve and Buzz are enjoying some taquitos today with their choice of three dipping sauces. |
| 5:12
| Chef Hans is here and he's glad to be back. Last week Steve talked to Hans and he was in a field full of cows. There was a lot of mooing going on. |
| 5:13
| Steve talked to Bruce Sutter, former Blackhawks coach. He's taking over as coach of his brother's Junior League team. Steve barely cares about the NHL, FYI. That's too much Sutter information. |
| 5:14
| Chef also wanted to add that Charlie Trotter's 20th anniversary is coming up. Chef will join Jimmy Bannos, Emeril Lagasse and others to cook in his house for him and his friends. Does Charlie know that they're all cooking there? |
| 5:15
| That's 20 years of Charlie Trotter's restaurant. So it's Chef, Jimmy Bannos, Emeril and also chef Mario from the Food Network. Hans can't remember his last name. |
| 5:16
| Hans was actually up at the Sutter's ranch to pick out a cow that he'll be cooking for the dinner. |
| 5:17
| Mario Batali is that chef's name. Steve read a book about him, it was pretty interesting. It seems like Mario likes to party but so does Hans. All chefs do really. |
| 5:18
| Hans seemed to be having a good time out at North Beach a couple of weeks ago. He was Steve's only groupie that night. |
| 5:19
| On the phone is Chef Luigi. He was listening to the show and was wondering if he's invited to Charlie Trotter's house. |
| 5:20
| Steve's looking at the list and he doesn't see Luigi's name on it. He still thinks Hans and Luigi would be great together on a cooking show. |
| 5:21
| Steve's good with that for Meat Talk, he doesn't really have any meat issues. Does Buzz? |
| 5:22
| What about Rick Bayliss, is he going to be at Charlie Trotter's? Is that guy who just got diagnosed with mouth cancer going to be there? |
| 5:30
| Alright it's Thursday and time for Music Snob Corner. This is a late edition because Colin Hay was here. |
| 5:31
| Text the word jacket to 41059 and be the 1,059th person to win a pair of one day passes for Sunday at Lollapalooza. That's the day with Pearl Jam, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket and more. Buzz loves And More. |
| 5:32
| Today's song will be another one that probably hasn't been played anywhere else. A lot of the time these songs go on to be very popular and many people benefit from them. We're walking the razor wire so that artists can benefit. |
| 5:33
| Yesterday Pete mentioned the Rogers Park Garden Meander and Steve was disappointed that he didn't ask him to go. Turns out it's not until next Tuesday so they can still go. |
| 5:34
| The Garden Meander is next Tuesday at 7:30 and will feature tours of some of Rogers Park's finest gardens followed by wine and cheese. 7:30, that means Steve and Pete will have to leave early. It takes about an hour to get up there. |
| 5:35
| Tuesday is also the baseball trade deadline so they'll be sweating that out while meandering through gardens. |
| 5:36
| It's a member's only meander but membership costs $10. That does include gardens and wine and cheese. Plus there's meandering, you can't put a price on that. |
| 5:37
| Steve's glad that Pete didn't miss the Garden Meander. He did miss a cookie crawl last December. He really moved into a happening area didn't he? |
| 5:38
| In order to be involved in the cookie crawl you have to open your home and bake cookies. Steve and Buzz could just use Pete's condo for a front while they go wandering. |
| 5:39
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:40
| This live read features a woman who has MS. David's just trying to show that his weekend program is more than just mortgages, it's about the human condition. |
| 5:41
| Pete might have actually heard this segment on David's show on Sunday. As he was setting his alarm late Sunday night he turned on WCKG and heard David saying "MS sucks!" Maybe he was talking about Emmis Communications and they won't run his commercials or something. |
| 5:45
| Last night's weather on NBC should have been devoted the huge storm coming towards Chicago but instead it was Brant's weather photos. There was a huge storm last night though. |
| 5:46
| There Steve was early this morning, ready to go out on his roof and plug up the gutter with a river rock when his flooding alarm went off in the basement. |
| 5:47
| That made for a very long 4-6 AM with Steve down in the basement with a shop-vac. He might need to work on his flood control plan a little bit. |
| 5:48
| Steve didn't even get to watch To Catch a Predator last night because he forgot to TiVo it while at the Sox game. Buzz saw it though. Did the show get a shout-out like O & A? |
| 5:49
| Buzz went through changes watching To Catch a Predator. Perverted Justice is such a bizarre organization. Going through their line-up and showing off the various people who specialize in being 13-15 year old girls or boys was really weird to see. |
| 5:50
| Buzz also enjoyed seeing all the cameras that were covering each bust. When Steve first started watching they only had three cameras so the transition between the house and the outside wasn't very smooth. |
| 5:51
| Now they've got 20 cameras, all over the house, on the street. They get everything on film. |
| 5:52
| While Buzz did recognize that the first guy was definitely a sexual predator he couldn't help but feel sorry for him after the Chris Hanson grilling. He doesn't want to feel sorry for the guy though. |
| 5:53
| The beach chair set-up is also a good one. Chris Hanson gets in and out of that chair with no problem, he must be in good shape. |
| 5:58
| To Catch a Predator has no redeeming qualities. There's nothing right about it. It's the most sordid thing on TV but NBC passes it off as news. |
| 5:59
| Every single aspect of the show is reprehensible yet spellbinding and it's only heightened by the fact that all the sex predators seem to watch the show. |
| 6:00
| One thing the sex predators should take from it is the girl who comes out and plays the 13-year old girl is really 20. She still looks like she's 13 though so maybe there should be some chat rooms about that. |
| 6:01
| Pete's wondering where all these chat rooms are. Is that a trick question? It used to be that there were chat rooms and then you could break off and talk to someone one-on-one. Not that Steve's ever talked to a middle-aged man pretending to be a 13-year old girl or anything. |
| 6:02
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 6:03
| Alright back to a late edition of Music Snob Corner. Colin Hay was here at the beginning of the show and he's playing tonight at the Abbey Pub on Elston and Grace. |
| 6:04
| Every week on Music Snob Corner we feature an unknown or relatively unknown artist. Really though it's just an excuse to get Pete in here and make sure he's alright, look him in the eyes, set him straight. |
| 6:05
| Today's song is by a band called Blitzen Trapper. Steve recognizes the name because they've been on the list for the last few weeks. They're in town this Saturday at the Empty Bottle. |
| 6:06
| The bottles aren't all empty at the Empty Bottle but there are some above the bar as decorations. Are they like the bottles they used to have at the Steak & Ales that formed into windows? |
| 6:07
| Blitzen Trapper's show will follow the Wicker Park fest which Pete will also be attending. What goes on there? Pete enjoys checking out all the weird Wicker Park chicks with piercings and tattoos. Steve saw one of those girls answering phones for Stan and Terry today. |
| 6:08
| Song: Wild Mountain Nation, Blitzen Trapper |
| 6:10
| That was a good song, Steve liked it. Steve was going to say we should try to get them in but they're in Ann Arbor tomorrow. |
| 6:11
| Pete doesn't really want to meet anyone, including Blitzen Trapper. Steve's the same way but he's in showbiz, that's what you have to do sometimes. |
| 6:12
| You can make a pretty good living playing those small clubs. The Nadas have a pretty good set-up although it seems to wear on them a little bit. |
| 6:13
| Pete doesn't think he'd like that life just because of how much drinking you'd have to do. |
| 6:14
| It seems like drinking is the only way to get through that though. That's why so many people get into trouble. |
| 6:17
| Steve thought he had it together with the right sports music. Instead he's a day late and a dollar short. Well he's not a dollar short but it was the wrong music. |
| 6:18
| Scott Podsednik scored the winning run for the Sox today after an error at first. Bobby Jenks pitched a perfect 9th inning to get the win. |
| 6:19
| Ozzie Guillen said that even though the team isn't winning he's glad they're still showing up everyday. |
| 6:20
| The Cubs will try to sweep the defending World Series champs in St. Louis. Jason Marquis faces Braden Looper. |
| 6:21
| The Bears arrived at training camp today. Steve and Buzz were remarking earlier that the TVs and videogame systems they were bringing in did not look up-to-date. |
| 6:22
| Steve was reminded that most of the players leave that equipment in the dorms for the Olivet-Nazarene football players. Steve's not sure if they're called the Olives but that would be funny. Their helmets would look like an olive with the little pimento on top. |
| 6:23
| Barry Bonds called Bob Costas a "little midget man" after he gave BALCO chemist Patrick Arnold and pitcher Curt Schilling the opportunity to blast the sluggers on his HBO show. |
| 6:24
| It has to hurt being called a little midget man for Bob. Steve has no doubt he'll respond with a saracastic, witty and wry remark though. |
| 6:25
| A player for the women's professional football team in Detroit made a citizen's arrest after two teammate's cars were stolen Monday night. |
| 6:26
| It's sort of weird watching women play tackle football when it's not in a powder puff environment. Our own Stephanie wants to join the Chicago team though. |
| 6:27
| Steve wouldn't mind seeing that actually because Stephanie could kick some ass but she's also girly. He'd be willing to sponsor her try-outs. |
| 6:28
| Are we going to pencil Stephanie in for the 2008 Chicago Force season then? She needs to start training right away. We'll need tires, some rope and a blocking sled which Buzz will be riding. |
| 6:34
| Steve just had a very weird, cheap moment. He has a coffee maker in the Green Room that stays on all the time. You fill it with water and then put a packet it and then the pressurized water makes the coffee. |
| 6:35
| The water eventually evaporates from the machine if it doesn't get used so Steve was filling it up with bottled water from the fridge in there. After two bottles he decided to walk down to the kitchen and refilled the empty bottles with that water. |
| 6:36
| It's water that Steve doesn't even use to he figured he shouldn't fill it all up with the bottled water. Matt claims he doesn't use the coffee machine or the Green Room but Steve doesn't believe him. On Saturday Brendan caught him taking a dump in there! |
| 6:37
| Steve doesn't see Matt using the water cooler in the kitchen to refill the coffee maker after he uses it either. The water tasted pretty good from the kitchen cooler, even though Pete and Jim both said it was too warm. |
| 6:38
| Pete has noticed that the water has gotten cooler since the new cooler was installed. Jim agrees with everything Pete said. Maybe someone turned down the temperature or something. |
| 6:39
| Pete thinks the water cooler is really cool looking, like a rocket ship or something. Do Pete and Jim every use the hot feature? Maybe to make some cup of soup or hot cocoa? Then off to the Green Room to watch the Cubs game with both hands on the mug. |
| 6:40
| Jim claims he doesn't drink with both hands on the mug but that's not what Steve hears. |
| 6:41
| Steve felt very cheap about refilling the bottles with the kitchen cooler. He's in a constant battle about bottled water at home though. |
| 6:42
| Steve doesn't have much else left, just his bottled water and his vanilla cookie Oreo's. Every time he goes for a bottle though he gets a big lecture about the bottles being unsafe for the environment. |
| 6:43
| When Janet's family was in town they had a party and everyone had those water bottles with the squirt feature. Steve was going around drinking half-empty bottles like some drunk at a party. |
| 6:44
| Live read: Famous Dave's |
| 6:45
| Steve's going to take the last break and then Buzz can news on all the way to the end of the show. |
| 6:49
| Steve's tap water at home is fine but he just likes having a nice bottle of Evian. It's even better now that they've gone away from the pink label. It's still pink but it's cool, plastic wrap-around pink. It's so not tasty. |
| 6:50
| The bottles help Steve keep track of how much water he drinks. It's a constant battle though. You'd think after giving up alcohol and drugs he'd be allowed to have a bottle of water. |
| 6:51
| News with Buzz |
| 6:52
| Wall Street took a big plunge today. The Dow was down 311 points at the closing bell. |
| 6:53
| NASA is investigating a potential case of sabotage. A worker allegedly cut wires on a computer that was headed to the International Space Station next month. |
| 6:54
| A report on NASA astronaut health issues in the wake of Lisa Nowak's arrest |
| 6:55
| The Pentagon is actively formulating a plane for troop withdrawal from Iraq according to a letter sent to Hillary Clinto. |
| 6:56
| Is it just Steve or does Hillary look better? She looked great during that YouTube debate. Did she get a canklectomy? Buzz is very sensitive about cankles, he doesn't like them. So he's not sensitive towards people with cankles? |
| 6:57
| Steve would be willing to put Hillary on a doable list but he's not sure if he'd put her in the White House. He can't think about until there are only two choices to make or at least two choices per party. |
| 6:58
| Target has announced they will only sell Sony Blu-Ray DVDs at their stores through the holiday season. It's viewed as a potentially major blow to the rival HD DVD. |
| 6:59
| Steve has a Blu-Ray and he's watched it a few times. It looks good but there's no way to compare Blu-Ray with regular DVD and that's really what you want to be able to do. |
| 7:00
| Steve saw a story yesterday about peanut allergies and he's wondering where they came from. Steve's almost 53 and for the first 40 years of his life he never even heard about them. Now you can't even have peanuts on airplanes because of peanut allergies. |
| 7:01
| If you have a peanut allergy you can't even kiss someone who's had a peanut. If you have peanuts at your kids birthday and some kid comes over with peanut allergies you could get sued. It's like the most dangerou substance on the planet. Buzz calls is the assassin nut doesn'the? |
| 7:02
| Matt Dahl is on the phone. Steve got a call from him at 6:45 saying he was running late. He has until 7:00 to get here! |
| 7:03
| The Stevenson is completely backed up which is where Matt is sitting right now. At first it looked like there were human guts all over the road but as it turns out a bunch of turkeys flew off a truck and then people drove over them. It sounds like a WKRP stunt. |
| 7:04
| If Matt sees a neck can he grab one so Steve can do that thing where he puts it in his pants? |
| 7:05
| Steve doesn't know if he can allow a Brendan Greeley to fill in until Matt gets here. It seems like Brendan has really been stepping things up a little bit this week, coming in with pre-recorded bits to play and then getting mad when Matt interrupts. |
| 7:06
| In a way Steve applauds Matt for that but in another way it reminds him of the worst part of him. |
| 7:07
| Matt and Brendan are going to New Orleans tomorrow for the Arena Bowl. That's why Matt was out at the house he had to get a few things. |
| 7:08
| Oh well if that's the case then it's totally cool. Drew will completely understand. What did Matt need to get out of the house? |
| 7:09
| Matt might have a little trouble getting into the building because of the Batman filming. Last night Mary was detained while trying to leave and then escorted down that tunnel that goes to Soldier Field. Steve's been trying to get in that tunnel for years! |
