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| 1:58
| Brendan was just showing Matt a picture of Elizabeth Berkeley in a bikini. You can see her naked doing really weird stuff in Showgirls though. |
| 1:59
| Yesterday Matt and Brendan had a meeting with Drew where he told them a story about an awkward trip to see Showgirls with his boss at the time. They kept a seat between them and Drew laughed through every sex scene just so it wouldn't be weird. |
| 2:00
| Steve tried to start up a yearly Showgirl viewing on Thanksgiving but it didn't take. You can't watch that movie every year, it's horribly bad. |
| 2:01
| The other cool thing about Showgirls is that it cost so much money to make and everyone thought it would be a huge hit but it was a complete failure. So not only do you get to see a really awful movie but you also get to see people's careers fall apart. |
| 2:02
| Matt and Brendan don't really have a movie they want to see so they might skip that today. If they movie thing is working for them they should keep doing it though. |
| 2:03
| Does Matt have the parking passes for the marina in New Buffalo? Steve doesn't need them right away but he learned over the weekend from an in-New Orleans Matt Dahl that he had the passes in his backpack. |
| 2:04
| Matt's still waiting for Steve to get the boat over here. Steve's tried to but every time he gets on the boat something is missing thanks to Matt or knucklehead Pat. |
| 2:05
| They could always go volunteer to help set-up at Lollapalooza. It seems like they have a thousand people working there already. |
| 2:06
| Helping out at Lollapalooza seems like a pretty good scam. You get in for free and at some point you'll probably benefit from being involved with the whole thing. Think of all the hip music chicks you could meet, maybe take them to meet Modest Mouse or into one of the cooling tents. |
| 2:07
| Last year they had parked CTA buses that were being used as cooling stations. It was weird to just see the buses sitting there full of people. |
| 2:08
| Matt and Brendan could go to the Art Institute or try to hook some skank in Millennium Park. There's a nice mini-golf course in Grant Park with a cafe too. |
| 2:09
| A movie is a good way to get your brain into neutral mode before you start a show. Being out in the hot sun or going to a strip club won't do that for you. There probably aren't any strip clubs close to downtown though. |
| 2:10
| There used to be a strip club near the Board of Trade but Steve's not sure if it's there any more. |
| 2:11
| Matt and Brendan's cross talk with Garry went better today. Did it go to 11:02? They had some nice baseball talk. There's really nothing to say about the Sox though, that game last night was awful. As Steve said in his blog today the Sox should leave Jose Contreras in New York. |
| 2:12
| The Cubs are still a game out because Milwaukee won last night. That's pretty exciting. Brendan thinks the Cubs will be fine after not making any trade deadline deals. They're almost better staying in second place because it puts all the pressure on the Brewers. |
| 2:13
| Last night's episode of Bronx is Burning featured Thurmon Munson accusing Lou Piniella of being a shill for George Steinbrenner. Then they went up to George's hotel room and Billy Martin walks through the lobby making out with some chick. |
| 2:14
| Billy heard people talking in George's room so he ditched her because baseball is more important. When Billy banged on the door Lou and Thurmon hid in the bath tub. |
| 2:15
| Billy knew someone was in there so he searched the room and found them hiding in the bathroom. |
| 2:16
| Steve used to make fun of the way Thurmon Munson died but now he feels guilty about that after watching Bronx is Burning. |
| 2:23
| Song: You Can Call Me Al, Paul Simon |
| 2:28
| That was a nice welcome to Chicago for Al Sharpton. He's setting up shop here and Neil Steinberg took it up himself to speak on behalf of everyone in Chicago when he said we don't want him here. |
| 2:29
| It's gonna be like Mothra and Godzilla with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in the same town. They've managed to co-exist by living in different cities so far. But look what happens when Jesse goes to New York. He calls it "hymie town" with apparently no repercussions. |
| 2:30
| To Buzz the underlying implication with Al's move to Chicago is that Jesse isn't getting the job done. Who knows where Jesse is though, maybe in Vegas or busy running Rainbow Cone down on 95th street. |
| 2:31
| Things are different in Chicago than they are in New York though. We don't cotton to outsiders. |
| 2:32
| Al's trying to get rid of the n-word and the h-word and the b-word but Steve doesn't think he'll be able to get it done. He's not sure if anyone could get it done. |
| 2:33
| Where exactly is Al setting up shop though? Did he have a press conference already today or is that later? He probably started the day in New York, headed to La Guardia, spent some time in the Admiral's Club and then flew here. |
| 2:34
| Steve doesn't really know what's going on with Al Sharpton and he certainly doesn't want to become his first target. Are the police going to roust him when he gets to town? |
| 2:35
| Part of Al's reason for coming here is the police brutality but the last time Steve checked all of the biggest incidents were white cops beating up white people. |
| 2:36
| Al never really apologized for that woman he got behind who accused a bunch of white men of raping her. Turns out she was lying but Al spent a considerable amount of time trying to put those falsely accused in jail. |
| 2:37
| Al's press conference is scheduled for 4:00 PM today at the Regal Theater on E. 79th Street. Buzz is wondering if we're going to send someone down to cover it. That's probably his department to handle that though. |
| 2:38
| Steve was just going to do what he always does and air the feed from one of the local stations. Everyone will be carrying it since there's not a lot going on right now. |
| 2:39
| It doesn't seem like Al has a location for his National Action Network or else he'd have the press conference there. Unless he's going to buy the Regal Theater. That place is quite nice actually, Steve drives by it a lot more than you'd think. |
| 2:40
| If he does base himself out of the Regal then he's only two blocks from Louis Farakhan. They could meet at the Starbuck's down there owned by Magic Johnson. |
| 2:45
| If Al's going to buy the Regal Theater Steve would be willing to go in on it with him. It would make a great clubhouse but Steve wouldn't use it that often. |
| 2:46
| They could work out a schedule for using the theater plus Steve could probably recruit some great back-up singers. |
| 2:47
| Tyrone's checking in, he's got Al Sharpton in the back of the choptater. He's flying him over to the Regal Theater which as it turns out does not have a helopad. |
| 2:48
| Tyrone might land in the parking lot or he might lay the choptater right on Leon's. He'll have to watch out for the smokestack. |
| 2:49
| Al's a short fella but he's pretty heavy so Tyrone's not sure he's even got the choptater high enough off the ground. He doesn't really care though, he'll take a fare from whoever's paying. |
| 2:50
| Tyrone flew in Vietnam so he can pretty much get along with anyone. Buzz never went to Vietnam but he's probably better off since it didn't work out well for anyone. Tyrone wasn't satisfied with how it ended, he still wants to go over there and kill people. |
| 2:51
| Tyrone does have some traffic, he's not just calling about Al Sharpton. I-80 westbound is backed up from Joliet. |
| 2:58
| It's always good to hear from Tyrone. Steve was out of the room but it sounded like Buzz handled it well. |
| 2:59
| Steve would like to start videotaping his explanation of the TV set-up in the studio to the various engineers. He feels it could make a good TV show because they all look at him like it's nuts. |
| 3:00
| Steve would also like to pre-record his explanation of the TV set-up because he doesn't want to repeat it any more. Then he'd videotape the interaction where the engineers say stuff like "if you want your TV on channel 7, hit 0-7 on the remote." |
| 3:01
| Maybe it could be a reality show on TLC or something. Steve would like to get the TiVo working for the Al Sharpton press conference so he can go back and forth on it. |
| 3:02
| Everything was working fine in the studio with the TV until Comcast came in and pulled everything out. |
| 3:03
| Steve demands that Drew Hayes come down here and mediate things between him and the engineers. He should be careful what he wishes for. |
| 3:04
| Steve likes the engineers but they get that look on their face when he's explaining the TV situation like he doesn't know what he's talking about. |
| 3:05
| Sometimes the engineers need to admit they don't know what they're talking about either. At least then they'd be in the same boat. The engineers are like the guys working at RadioShack on crack. |
| 3:06
| Steve saw Sherman Kaplan again today. There's definitely a lilt in Sherman's voice when they talk because he knows Steve likes him. Buzz is wondering if Steve would ever do lunch with Sherman. Steve doesn't really do lunch but Sherman used to be a restaurant critic so he probably knows about good restaurants. |
| 3:07
| Sherman was looking very groovy today in his blue jeans. That's how Steve wants to look when he's Sherman's age. He's not sure how old Sherman is but he's probably in his 70s. He's call Drew and ask him but he'd probably have to clear it with legal before revealing an employee's age. |
| 3:08
| Today on the Noon Business Hour they said that RadioShack took a hit in the last quarter. It's probably because everything is such a pain when you go there. The employees ask you way too many questions about what you're doing with your purchase. That's sort of how the engineers are though. |
| 3:09
| Steve doesn't want Drew in the studio right now. Every time he comes in Steve gets 500 complaint emails about Drew. Drew comes in and doesn't stop talking about himself and he won't leave. |
| 3:10
| Steve has never gotten any "more Drew Hayes" emails from listeners. It turns out Steve's Drew Hayes impersonation is better than Drew's. He will talk to him during the break though. |
| 3:11
| Drew looks like a kid at an aquarium standing outside the studio peering in. He only gets to come down to the studio once a day and he's squandered that opportunity on what he thought was going to be beau coup air time. |
| 3:12
| Steve's going to take and break and then maybe Drew can come in. We need to get an egg timer for him though. Maybe a Drew Hayes Egg Timer would be a good thing to sell at the WCKG store. |
| 3:15
| Steve took care of everything. Drew's gone and the engineer was apologized to. The engineer was withholding affection too. Not Drew though, he just walked in with his giant Au Bon Pain soft drink cup. He couldn't believe when Steve kicked them both out. |
| 3:16
| Steve's TiVo is working fine now. It's on channel 7 and he can rewind so it's good for now. He explained everything to Bill the engineer. Engineer Bill was the name of a kid's TV show host when Steve was growing up. |
| 3:17
| Bill the engineer said he didn't have a TiVo at home, what's wrong with him. A lot of the engineers scoff at the consumer electronics. In this day and age when everything is based on a circuit board that you can't build yourself you have to front hard. |
| 3:18
| Ron Lewis was guessing that Sherman Kaplan was 65 for whatever reason. Apparently Jewish guys can guess the age and weight of other Jewish guys. He should go on the carnival circuit. |
| 3:19
| When Buzz was younger him and his friend Dave Hynowski (Hynie) would set up the age/weight guesser. Dave was shorter and older than Buzz so they'd send him up first. And they both walked away with teddy bears. |
| 3:20
| Steve always avoided the weight guesser at the carnival. Steve's trainer Cornell does something similar with his wife who's a trapeze artist. They're both Romanian which Steve takes to mean gypsy. |
| 3:21
| They ran a similar scam at Great America just last weekend. The wife looks way younger than she is and Cornell is all muscle so it's hard to guess his weight. That's gypsy-on-gypsy crime right there. |
| 3:22
| So everything is figured out with the TiVo but they're waiting until August 10th to order new ones. There's going to be a price drop of $500 on the ones that take a digital cable card. |
| 3:23
| Sherman Kaplan is 66 so Ron Lewis was pretty close. Maybe he should join the carnival and guess people's age. |
| 3:24
| This is hot off the presses. Ron Lewis Googled Sherman Kaplan and found out when he went to college, then subtracted 18 years from that to get his age. Doesn't he have something else he should be doing? |
| 3:25
| David from The Little Guys is on the phone with some information about the new TiVo. It is HD but it only tapes about 20 hours of TV. That's fine for what Steve does though. |
| 3:26
| Steve has the whole TiVo thing figured out in the studio, he can switch between channels too. Hell yeah! |
| 3:28
| Steve has something to read although he's not sure how important it is. It has the word cocaine in it so it caught his attention. |
| 3:29
| Cocaine was found in the home of the late Rod Beck. Police found cocaine and drug paraphernalia at his home the day he died. When did he die? |
| 3:30
| Pete thinks Shooter died the weekend of the Cubs/Sox series at Comiskey. Does he mean U.S. Cellular? |
| 3:31
| That was when Steve was in Hawaii. All of the good stuff happens when Steve is on vacation although he came back to Amy Jacobson, Paris Hilton and then Lindsay Lohan. |
| 3:32
| The Nicole Richie stuff isn't really getting it done for Steve. She's definitely obnoxious enough but Paris overshadows her. She's pregnant but Steve doesn't really care. He'd only care if it was an alien baby or maybe Lionel's baby. That would be possible since Nicole is adopted |
| 3:33
| Four small canisters found in his bathroom contained a white powdery substance. A larger canister contained a dried paste commonly found when making rock cocaine. |
| 3:34
| That larger canister is probably the 2 gram size. Sometimes people used empty film containers but those are hard to find these days. If Steve and Buzz owned a head shop they'd make custom canisters like Tommy Chong did. |
| 3:35
| Rod Beck retired a few years ago but tried to make a comeback, playing for the Iowa Cubs. While on the team he lived in an RV in the stadium parking lot, partying with fans after games. |
| 3:36
| Is it important for Pete to know this about Rod Beck? Does it mess him up? Is it a White Sox fan trying to put something on the AP to bum out Cubs fans? |
| 3:37
| When Rod Beck died Pete assumed something else was going on. He was never really in shape. One thing that bothered him was when he died everyone talked about how great he was and what a great teammate he was but he also battled bouts for depression. So Pete identified with him then? Maybe he could play Shooter in the ESPN TV movie Steve and Buzz will be producing. |
| 3:38
| Nicole Richie still speaks with her biological mother but has no contact with her biological father. Steve thinks it might be Buzz, he seems very interested in all of this. |
| 3:40
| In a 2005 CNN interview Richie said that her biological father was not a member of Lionel Richie's band. So it's not one of the Commodores, that's good to know. |
| 3:41
| There is some speculation that her father is musician Peter Michael Escovedo, brother of Sheila E. |
| 3:42
| Nicole Richie just doesn't do it for Steve. And if it wasn't for the sex tape Paris Hilton wouldn't really do it for him either. |
| 3:45
| On the phone is Mark Schanowski from Comcast Sportsnet. Buzz just mentioned that Comcast has the Sox game on Saturday but tonight they have the Cubs game. They're focusing on the Cubs now because they're hot. |
| 3:46
| RIch Hill takes on Jamie Moyer who's about a thousand years old, but he's still going out there. Moyer is a former Cub and when he was here people complained that he didn't throw hard enough. Turns out that doesn't really matter. |
| 3:47
| The Cubs are still a game out after Milwaukee won in 13 innings last night. Tom Glavine was going for his 300 win and he had the lead when he left but their bullpen blew it in the 8th. |
| 3:48
| There were a lot of milestones that could have occurred last night but didn't. Barry Bonds and A-Rod didn't hit any home runs and Tom Glavine didn't get the win. |
| 3:49
| It's pretty funny that Bud Selig is traveling wherever Barry Bonds plays but he doesn't really want to be there. He never said he didn't really want to go and he won't go on the field to shake Barry's hand after he ties and breaks the record. |
| 3:50
| There are going to be some interesting visual images when Bonds does tie and break the record. It'll be even better if he does it on the road because he'll probably get booed. |
| 3:51
| Mark is wondering how much longer Bonds will play after he breaks the record. He's got bad knees, he could use some steroids for that maybe. |
| 3:52
| The national media has actually been pretty favorable to the Bears during training camp but usually they rip all Chicago teams. |
| 3:54
| The Bears just signed a new defensive end, Darwin Walker. Was he the guy who was fighting with someone the first day he got there? |
| 3:55
| Pete says it was a new receiver the Bears just signed but he can't remember his name. Mark thinks it was Clinton Columbo. |
| 3:56
| Columbo went after Garza for some reason and then Kreutz came after him. That's not a guy you want coming after you. |
| 3:57
| Steve won't get on the Cubs bandwagon but you can run him over with it. He can't jump on for obvious reasons. |
| 4:04
| We are now being treated to an early edition of Bob and Ron's Record Club. Apparently they have some prior commitments they need to attend to. Ron has a sound check. |
| 4:05
| Ron has a 5:15 sound check at Schubas. Based on what Steve knows about bands they'll need an hour for the kick drum, another hour for the rest of the drum set and then by the time they get to the guitars everyone else has lost interest. |
| 4:06
| Ron's just opening for someone so will he even get a sound check? When Melvin Taylor was in the other day his pedals were duct taped to cardboard which Steve thought was pretty cool. |
| 4:07
| Ron will be featuring the pedal he bought off Buzz but took three weeks to pay him for. Buzz was really mad about that because he felt as if he'd be taken in by a street hustle. |
| 4:08
| Buzz got his money after his buddy Chris Wood shook Bob and Ron down on the air. |
| 4:09
| This week we celebrate the birthday of Jeffrey "Hammond" Hammond, keyboard player for Jethro Tull. He also played a Hammond organ. Ron wanted to add that he played piano too, they don't want people calling in to correct them. |
| 4:10
| It's also Jerry Garcia's birthday today and it's definitely today. Last week they had Mick Jagger's birthday wrong. It stayed with them the entire week. |
| 4:11
| Steve had a dog walking question for Bob and Ron. His dog Mabel wasn't properly socialized so they can't really bring her anywhere because they don't know what she's going to do. |
| 4:12
| Steve had a theory, and it might be crackpot, but what if he paid one of them to take Mabel for a week and walk her with the rest of their dogs. Would that socialize her properly? |
| 4:13
| Steve just can't take it any more though. If he leaves her out in the front yard eventually she'll calm down after people or other dogs pass by. |
| 4:14
| Bob doesn't think it's a totally crackpot theory but he can't guarantee specific results. Buzz thinks they're just what Steve is looking for. |
| 4:15
| Steve's not totally confident though. He saw something on Animal Planet about monks who take dogs in and train them. They have a lot of patience so they spend months training the dog. That's what Steve was hoping for with Bob and Ron. |
| 4:16
| Steve was thinking that he could base Mabel out of Matt Dahl's apartment. He's not sure he wants Bob or Ron to have access to anything he owns though. Matt will come home and find Bob nude with his bong out. |
| 4:17
| Caller John needs to correct something Bob and Ron said. Jeffrey Hammond was mainly a bass player for Jethro Tull. John loves the story about how Steve was having lunch with Ian Anderson and told him that someone had improperly remastered one of Jethro Tull's albums. Ian made a call and got it fixed right away. |
| 4:18
| Bob and Ron use a rock history book which is always wrong. They don't want to use their internet because they're analog guys. Ron's just happy Bob was the one who made the mistake so he can hassle him all week. |
| 4:19
| Song: Ballroom Blitz, Sweet |
| 4:23
| You gotta wonder what those guys were on when they wrote that song. Were they involved with David Bowie in anyway or did they just do the same glam rock stuff? |
| 4:24
| Have Bob and Ron ever watched Flight of the Conchords? Steve didn't think he'd like it but he does. He thought it was going to be a rip-off of Tenacious D or Extras. The songs are the best part of the show. |
| 4:25
| Last week one of the guys in the band kept coming to the other guy in dreams dressed as David Bowie in different eras of his career. |
| 4:32
| Is Flight of the Conchords wrapping up now? It's probably done in a few weeks. It took Steve a while before he started liking it. All of the episodes are on Comcast On Demand but Steve doesn't see Buzz watching then there. |
| 4:33
| Live read: Gierczyk Properties |
| 4:34
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 4:35
| Of significant interest to Steve, R. Kelly's trial will finally get under way September 17th. The girl he did whatever with has to be 40 by now. Does she even remember what happened? |
| 4:36
| Rupert Murdoch has purchased the Dow Jones for $5 billion. That has some wondering if the Wall Street Journal will stay the same as it's always been. They devoted a lot of time in the paper saying they'd stay the same but how do they know. |
| 4:37
| Keith Richards has begun writing his autobiography. Already Ron Wood and Charlie Watts have published their own autobiographies. Mick said he began writing one but scrapped it after he couldn't find anything interesting to put in it. Steve somehow doubts that. |
| 4:38
| Britney Spears is once again under fire for her parenting after she told US Weekly that she feeds her kids Doritos and soda pop. |
| 4:40
| Steve's going to say hi to Ed Farmer as soon as the music fades out. Steve would also like to say one more time in front of Ed and everyone else that when the Sox lose, he doesn't want to hear happy-ass highlights in Ed's intro. |
| 4:41
| There were no highlights last night, the Yankees hit 8 home runs. Steve feels Pete did that on purpose as a Cubs fan to rub his face in it. |
| 4:42
| Last week Steve complained because Pete had to go back a week to get highlights. Ed still calls the lowlights of the game, that's what Steve wants to hear. Like the Bobby Abreu home run, that would have worked. |
| 4:43
| Ed can't believe the Yankees hit 8 home runs last night. What about a few inside pitches? |
| 4:44
| Rob Mackowiak is gone but Steve didn't like him so that's fine. He doesn't know why he didn't like him either but he was an embarrassment to Oak Lawn. |
| 4:45
| Next on Steve's hitlist, hopefully Jose Contreras. Ed heard some people speculate that he's tipping his pitches but that doesn't seem possible. |
| 4:46
| Then the Sox got all caught up arguing with the umpires and Ozzie and Paul Konerko got tossed from the game. |
| 4:47
| Yankee Stadium is not Ed's favorite place to go because he always gets hassled by the security guards. |
| 4:48
| Everyone who works in the clubhouses and in the press box are great but the security guards are always hassling Ed for his pass even if they know who he is. |
| 4:49
| What can the Sox do with Contreras? They can't demote him, they'll probably move him to the bullpen so he can work on a few things. |
| 4:50
| It's over though isn't it? Steve can stop caring can't he? Ed's been a Sox fan all his life, he comes to the park everyday thinking they're going to win. |
| 4:51
| Steve will keep caring them, just for Ed up in the pressbox. |
| 4:53
| Ed's hoping that the Sox pound Andy Pettite tonight, put up a 10 spot in the first inning or something. |
| 4:54
| Somehow Ed always manages to buoy Steve's spirits no matter what's going on. |
| 4:55
| Would it be so bad if someone on the Sox plunked a guy on the Yankees? That's how the game used to be played. |
| 4:56
| Steve's been watching for an Al Sharpton press conference but he hasn't seen one yet. Maybe they're not covering it. |
| 5:01
| Steve is really enjoying that Bronx is Burning show. John Turturro makes a great Billy Martin, although he's a little too tall. |
| 5:02
| It's time for the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve's going with the Big Beefy Burrito which has no beans. |
| 5:03
| Buzz was handed a burrito and it was so heavy he almost dropped it. |
| 5:04
| The Big Beef is not actually on the menu. Stephanie asks for the Burrito Supreme, no beans, extra meat but the person working sends the order back as a Big Beef. So it's inside. |
| 5:05
| Buzz is wondering if Steve followed through on his plan to stock up on some Dr. Pepper. Does he see any? It's just an irritating reminder. |
| 5:12
| According to Steve's sources, when Buzz was handed his double-beef burrito he refused to let go of it. He looked like a crazed wolverine trying to keep other animals away from his prey. |
| 5:13
| Buzz had a whole plan for dinner tonight but he should just finish the rest of his burrito. He's already eaten 3/4th of it. |
| 5:14
| It's just as well that Buzz had the second one because Steve could have eaten two today. God knows what Ben Gay would have done with it. |
| 5:17
| Steve's interrupting the commercial break to call Drew. This is why you should listen all the time, you never know what you're going to miss. |
| 5:18
| Is Drew even here? He usually stays late and says goodbye before he leaves. Steve did hurt his feelings earlier. |
| 5:19
| Drew's not here but Steve was going to talk to him about laying off The Package stuff. He thought talking about it yesterday on the air for 20 minutes would have been sufficient but apparently not. |
| 5:20
| Steve doesn't want to leave a message because it could be used against him in a future focus group. |
| 5:21
| Drew has called in on his way home. He monitored the station all day listening to overuse of The Package. Monitored? That's like when Dan does his fake monitoring. That just means he's listening. Drew agrees with the overuse of The Package and he will back it off. He'd also like to hear the sound of packages opening or something. |
| 5:22
| Drew left early today because his son's baseball team is in their World Series. Does Drew ever put on a uniform and come in for his son? |
| 5:23
| Steve actually received two emails today asking for more Drew Hayes on the air but they might have been facetious. He didn't put him on earlier because every time he does people email him to complain. |
| 5:24
| One emailer enjoys the roll Drew fills in the Wendy Snyder niche. He gets Steve worked up. |
| 5:27
| Ben Gay is here. Has Buzz seen his burrito? Would he like to? Buzz did eat an unauthorized burrito earlier, was that Ben's? |
| 5:28
| Ben's just kidding, it was a double-entendre. He really put Buzz through some changes their. What's Ben's is Buzz's and vice versa. Does Buzz has plans tonight? If so do they include Ben? |
| 5:29
| Ben is free tonight because he's been banned from Wrigley Field. There was an incident in the Cubs clubhouse shower with Wild Thing many years ago. He might have received some bad info from Les Grobstein and Bruce Levine. |
| 5:30
| At Wrigley tonight Rich Hill will take the hill or mound against the Phillies' Jamie Moyer. |
| 5:31
| Jason Kendall, the Cubs new catcher, is excited to be in a pennant race. Buzz might not know this but Kendall and Reggie Jackson own a vineyard in California, Kendall-Jackson. |
| 5:32
| The White Sox hope to shake-off the first loss in their series against the Yankees tonight at Yankee Stadium. Good luck with that. |
| 5:33
| The Bears signed defensive tackle Darwin Walker to a 5 year, $25 million contract 2 days after they acquired him from Buffalo. Walker is very excited to be a Bear! He's probably just glad to be away from Dick Jauron. |
| 5:34
| Walker is excited now and he's just in Bourbonnais, imagine what will happen when he comes to Chicago. |
| 5:35
| Safety Mike Brown turned in an impressive interception in practice yesterday off a tip from Bernard Berrian. You don't really say "turned in" do you? It's not a towel that you have to return or something. |
| 5:36
| Bears fans will no longer be able to smoke inside Soldier Field. When it's cold out how will anyone know if it's smoke or just someone's breath? Team officials want fans to get used to the statewide smoking ban that takes effect January 1st. |
| 5:37
| Ben didn't know you could smoke in Soldier Field. He thought you could only smoke in the concession area. Ben doesn't smoke anyway so he doesn't care. He does have an oral fixation though. |
| 5:38
| A professional gambler has told the FBI that he suspected NBA ref Tim Donaghy of tipping off two other gamblers. |
| 5:39
| Ben's putting on his sad voice for this story. Police officers found traces of drugs and drug paraphernalia in the house of pitcher Rod Beck on the day he died. Ben's sad voice reminds Buzz of Nesita Kwan's sad voice. She's got a great sad voice and those sad Asian eyes. |
| 5:40
| The good news for Rod is that he finished all of his cocaine. You can't take it with you. |
| 5:47
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 5:48
| So you can't smoke anywhere in Soldier Field. Steve's not a smoker so he doesn't really know what to make of it. |
| 5:49
| Buzz is a reformed smoker To him it seems like smoking has only been a problem for the last hundred years or so. |
| 5:50
| It seems like it would be tough for the people who get hammered in the parking lot at Bears games, and they do get hammered, to come into the stadium and not smoke. |
| 5:51
| A lot of people smoke when they drink and a lot of people who quit smoking start up again when they get drunk. |
| 5:52
| Steve does know that it looks bad when people congregate outside of office buildings on their breaks. It's not a good look for the building and the people don't look healthy either. |
| 5:53
| Steve can always tell if he's in an elevator with someone on their way to a smoking break and not just because they reek of smoke. |
| 5:54
| When Buzz started working with Steve and Garry he would sit in his little studio smoking all day. That's because he's a news man, like Edward R. Murrow. |
| 5:55
| Steve's Green Room used to be the smoking lounge for the station. There's a big honking fan in there if Buzz ever wants to do whatever. It used to be really funky in there too. |
| 5:56
| The best smoking room is the one at the Vegas airport. There are slot machines, your gate and a big glass room full of smokers. |
| 6:02
| News with Buzz |
| 6:03
| The Sun-Times reports that Cook County judge Vincent Gaughan set a September 17th trial date for R. Kelly. If your last name is Gaughan it makes sense to name your kid Vincent. |
| 6:04
| Did Pete get the idea to carry a bottle of water with him from the R. Kelly video? Steve's never seen the video because it's child pornography. |
| 6:05
| Standby Buzz, something funny just happened on the TV and Steve thinks it's going to be funny. |
| 6:06
| Why do the local reporters say stuff like "Chicago's long-time mayor Richard Daley"? We know he's the mayor. |
| 6:07
| Mayor Daley calls Al Sharpton's whole thing a "gig" how cool is that? That might be the greatest thing he's ever said. That's totally dismissive. |
| 6:08
| Al Sharpton doesn't really get how things work here. Everything is so watered down in New York but people aren't as politically correct here. |
| 6:09
| The mayor seems energized by this Sharpton thing. It's probably a great way to put everyone's attention on something else. |
| 6:10
| The political action group MoveOn.org is in protest mode after the purchase of the Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal by Rupert Murdoch. Steve just wants to say that MoveOn.org has twice gotten George Bush elected. Their whole thing was getting rid of him and they did nothing. |
| 6:12
| The Tribune reports that the NBA and the Chicago Bulls have warned players living in the area to be careful following the robberies of Eddy Curry and Antoine Walker. |
| 6:13
| The 6 Imams who were thrown off a U.S. flight last year after passengers complained about their suspicious behavior have dropped their lawsuit. |
| 6:15
| Whoopi Goldberg is the new co-host on The View. Steve stopped watching after Rosie left. His whole thing was the sexual tension between Rosie and Elizabeth. |
| 6:16
| A new study has revealed 237 distinct reasons that people have sex. The study divided the reasons into 4 categories. |
| 6:17
| A priest in Australia unleashed a profanity-laden tirade against some skateboarders hanging out in front of his church. |
| 6:18
| The tirade was videotaped and posted on YouTube. The priest used the f-word multiple times. At least he's not doing the f-word to the kids though, that's a step up. |
| 6:25
| Tomorrow is opening day for the new Taco Bell quesadilla so Steve was thinking that we'd have someone call in who just got one in the drive-thru. |
| 6:26
| Steve doesn't want people calling in line in the restaurant because they get graded on their speed. Does Buzz want to do it? Steve will excuse him at 4:45 to head up there. |
| 6:27
| Researchers at the University of Texas spent 6 years and their own money to fund a study on why people have sex. |
| 6:28
| How hard can that be? You get together, you have some wine and you start coming up with reasons why people have sex. Then you write it all down. |
| 6:29
| Who would sponsor that study other than a condom company? There was a list in the paper today but Steve didn't bother looking at it because it doesn't seem relevant. |
| 6:30
| A bridge that crosses the Mississippi in Minnesota has collapsed and fallen into the river. There are motoring Minneapolans in the Mississippi and all Buzz wants to know about is reasons why people have sex. |
| 6:31
| Steve is still looking for the list of reasons why people have sex but Mark Czerniec seems more focused on the bridge collapse. |
| 6:32
| Steve has relatives up in that area and he certainly hopes they're not floating. It's better that they're floating than sinking though. |
| 6:33
| Steve does have the list of reasons why people have sex. Buzz would like to hear at least a few of them. The first one is "I was attracted to the person". Also "I wanted to express my love for the person". It sounds like people were sitting around drinking wine, making a list. |
| 6:34
| It seems like "I was horny and wanted a release" has already been covered. It seems pretty stupid but that was Steve's point. It doesn't seem very scientific. |
| 6:35
| This is all stuff everyone knows already, we don't need a list made for us. |
| 6:42
| CNN is still looking for the site of the bridge collapse. It took them a while to even get there and it doesn't seem like they totally know where it is. |
| 6:43
| Fox has much better coverage, it looks a lot worse. There's a car on fire in the background. |
| 6:44
| This is one of those stories where the reporters get so caught up in being part of the story. |
| 6:45
| Steve was going to play Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers but iTunes says it has profanity. Steve is pretty sure it doesn't but he doesn't want to risk it. |
| 6:52
| Steve thought he heard Matt and Brendan talking about bridges with Garry today. Garry was talking about the Golden Gate bridge earlier in his show. |
| 6:53
| Matt and Brendan can keep talking about this bridge collapse but maybe they don't want to do the downer stuff. |
| 6:54
| Steve does have family up in the area so if there's a Dahl in the water he'll throw a shout out. |
| 6:55
| Matt got another diploma today. The first one was from the school but the second one might be from the Liberal Arts college. Could Steve have one of them? |
