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		Thursday, September 27, 2007



2:01	Stan and Terry were talking to Dorothy Brown earlier. Is she doing a comedy routine?
2:02	Actually she was here talking about a domestic violence/child support conference at Wright College this weekend. Steve can just imagine how funny that was.
2:03	Stan tried to introduce her to Steve but he had both hands full. He's still not entirely sure who she is. She seems very nice but at first Steve thought it was Mary Dee or Felicia Middlebrooks.
2:04	Did Stan and Terry declare this Marry Your Baby Momma day or something? Is that why they were talking to her?
2:05	Stan thought it was a good cleansing after the Phil Spector hunk. Stan was hopped up on a lot of sugar today.
2:06	Stan saw Steve on WGN this morning and he did the Gary Dotson Song. He knew he only had 30 seconds so he timed it out and never got to the profanity.
2:07	Buzz is wondering how extensive the cable black out was. He was all set to watch it and his cable was out. Buzz wasn't up at 6:50 AM, he had TiVoed it.
2:08	Buzz actually watched it online but that was only because Aimee told him it was there. The cable came back on in time for Buzz to hear Margarita.
2:09	Buzz kept wondering if maybe the blackout was some sort of plot, borrowing Steve's paranoia.
2:10	Everyone keeps trying to make it into a big deal but nothing monumental really happened. Terry thought the WGN people looked genuinely into the whole thing.
2:11	Steve did three 30 second songs and then almost all of Margarita. It's weird to do the songs because you're in this giant studio and no one is really paying attention. The girl timing Steve was eating breakfast.
2:12	Stan's wondering if Steve's phone has been ringing off the hook. It seems like everything was said on the show. Steve has his own show and he's happy and Garry has his show and he seems happy. Steve heard it on his way down this morning and it was really entertaining.
2:13	Plus Steve and Garry were there to promote the Gilda's Club thing.
2:16	Steve just wants to say that part of being cool is not making a big deal out of this WGN thing. So that's the last of it. It's not Pete's fault, Stan and Terry ruined it for all of us.
2:17	Steve did listen to Garry on his way in because it took him a while to get from WGN to the station. His GPS wanted him to take the Kennedy but he didn't want to.
2:18	This isn't the first spat Steve has had with his GPS but it was the first time that he didn't totally know what was going on because of all the diagonal streets.
2:19	Steve found Garry's show to be quite enjoyable so there might not be a need for a reunion.
2:20	Steve doesn't normally get to listen to Garry because he doesn't listen to the radio at home. That would be like a butcher going home and slaughtering a cow in his living room just for fun.
2:21	Garry's show is good with him and Randy Salerno and Jim Turano. Jim was there with Garry, he drove him up to WGN. Steve imagined Garry riding in the back seat reading the newspaper.
2:22	Drew was visibly upset that he didn't get to drive Garry around. Garry also found it laughable that Drew said he'd be "preparing" for his show on the car ride.
2:23	Drew has some fantasy idea about Garry reading the paper and clipping out stories. No one actually does that.
2:24	Live read: WCIU
2:25	Speaking of TV today's song for Music Snob Corner sort of ties in with the new TV season. Pete isn't fully caught up on the new shows yet.
2:26	Steve watched Dirty Sexy Money last night, it was not good. Nor was the Grey's spin-off Private Practice. Pete might like it because he likes Grey's.
2:27	Steve likes the people in the cast but it was just a typical stupid TV plot. He's sure Pete will like it though. He likes all the shows created by women and gay guys.
2:28	Doug Elfman in the Sun-Times and Maureen Ryan in the Tribune never agree on anything, including Dirty Sexy Money and Private Practice. She loved them, he hated them.
2:29	Steve doesn't really car what people think about TV shows. Plus it's one person's opinion. If he reads those review they'll sway him too.
2:30	Pete reads all those reviews but he actually does prepare for the show on his way into work. He's doing what Drew wants everyone else to be doing.
2:31	Pete also saw an update on the fish taco section. One of the restaurants mentioned saw a dramatic increase in fish taco orders over the weekend. Pete was a little bummed that there was no shout-out to Steve.
2:32	Steve did see that Mr. Skin was in the Tempo section. Pete McMurray asked Steve if he wanted to do a quick hit with Mr. Skin to feed off that Tempo energy. Pete McMurray is so gay.
2:33	Pete is apparently Mr. Skin's PR bitch. He also refers to him as Skin which is extremely creepy.
2:34	Pete wanted to lock Steve up for a Monday, October 8th interview because he's going to be on several other shows next week. Why would Steve want to talk to him if he's going to do all those other shows?
2:35	Pete also thought maybe they could do a quick hit today and preview the interview on October 8th. What else is there to say today though, he had a Tempo article.
2:36	Steve was mentioned in the article since Skin was a regular on the show. Then he was a regular on Howard Stern who takes all the credit for it.
2:37	According to the fish taco update article over 2,000 people requested the fish taco bracelets.
2:42	The thing about Mr. Skin is that he can come by any time he wants. Steve considers him a friend and he doesn't care if he's on other people's shows.
2:43	Pete McMurray's just trying to do his job as a PR guy but that's what PR people do, they mess things up. Steve doesn't need to know what other shows Mr. Skin is going to be on.
2:44	Pete is surprised that Pete McMurray would do that to Steve. Steve's not surprised because Pete is a chach and he booked a lot of guest. His show was like Stan and Terry's only he's white.
2:45	After the WGN appearance Steve got a hotel room at the Fairmont but he couldn't sleep. Then he ordered a breakfast burrito and it was really good.
2:46	Some guy walked into Steve's room while he was on the computer checking out free internet porn. Then the guy freaked out when he saw Steve was in there. Steve got the keys last night but only had to rent the room today so the guy might have been checking in.
2:47	Then Steve watched the channel 7 news until that deaf woman came on. He had to turn that off because he just can't watch it.
2:48	After that Steve went for a run on Chicago's beautiful lakefront for about an hour. Steve decided to go north in hopes of more hot chicks. When you go south it's the museum crowd with the kids and the old people.
2:49	Steve could not figure out how to get across the river from there though. The running path goes up the river, you probably have to go up on the bridge.
2:50	When Steve got back to his room his key didn't work. It must have switched over at noon and he didn't have any idea. He had to go down to the lobby where he spotted some guys in for a carpet convention.
2:51	Those guys have some serious hair. There must be a connection between synthetic fibers and pompadours.
2:52	That breakfast burrito was fantastic though. It was a real fresh flour tortilla with scrambled eggs, avocado and cilantro. Steve also ordered a side of bacon which he shoved down into the halved burrito.
2:53	The front desk sent a security guard up to Steve's room and let him in to get his ID. Then Steve told him to slip the new key under his door because he was going to take a shower. After he said that though he realized it sounded like a come-on.
2:54	It was sort of like being on vacation in your own town though with the breakfast burrito and the running along the lake.
2:55	Buzz had a great vacation in town in August. He remembers back in The Loop days he tried to stay in town during his vacation. By Thursday he was so hungover from all the late nights out.
2:56	It was more like Steve was on a business trip since he had to get to work. Normally he just leaves home and comes to work but today he got to see a bunch of stuff he never notices.
2:57	Out-of-town people are so polite too plus they never recognize Steve. So he can be Eddie Haskel Steve Dahl. It's also cool to see people who aren't from here enjoying it so much.
2:58	Alright Pete is here for Music Snob Corner. Pete is our production coordinator or something. When Pete is working chicks in a bar what does he say his title is?
2:59	Saying you're a radio personality usually works out for Pete. Actually he just says he works for the Steve Dahl Show. He'd probably say he works in production or something.
3:00	It's more than just production though, Pete watches all the TV shows and knows what's happening and makes drops of them. If we're lucky we don't have more than 3 Gilmore Girls drops in a day.
3:01	We probably shouldn't give Pete a title if he doesn't need one. It'll just cost more money down the line.
3:02	Pete has been many different professions in a bar but if he's sticking to radio he says he works for Steve.
3:03	Pete doesn't say he works for Spike O'Dell or anything, maybe he's the friend who burned the house down. That's some bad house sitting right there. Pete has done some house sitting for Steve before. If Steve came home and found his house burned down and his dogs dead he'd be upset.
3:04	Pete has made a CD of songs today for Steve. The first 10 are featured in various commercials and Pete was thinking of choosing one of those.
3:05	Then there are 12 other songs that's just new stuff Pete wants to listen to over the weekend. Pete makes himself a mixtape every week and then he waits for it in the studio after the segment. He has a special sleeve for it and then he folds his little list up and puts it in there.
3:06	Steve's going to play a sample of Frightened Rabbits for Buzz. Buzz wouldn't mind a copy of the entire CD actually. This is how it starts.
3:07	Pete was thinking of playing track 1 today which means the other 21 tracks are wholly unnecessary.
3:08	Pete knew he wanted to play one of the first ten songs from the CD. Then he was thinking if someone could guess which commercial the song is in they'd win something from the prize closet.
3:09	Steve's not sure if he have much in the prize closet. Matt said that at his appearance over the weekend they were giving away Disco Still Sucks t-shirts and Disco Demolition DVDs. They're not spending money on anything.
3:10	It's also not fun to listen to your own kid complaining about having to give away your stuff at his own appearances.
3:11	Of course Matt starts his complaint off "with all due respect" which means he's going to say something bad. Does Steve really have to listen to this?
3:12	Steve's not sure if we can spontaneously have a contest though. Is Pete just trying to meet a girl off this?
3:13	Maybe everyone else can just guess the song. Pete thinks Steve will get it because he watches a lot of football. Buzz doesn't watch commercials. He doesn't believe in them even though that's how he supports his family.
3:14	Song: 1234, Feist
3:17	That's in the iPod Nano commercial. It's a good song but Steve's starting to get sick of it because it's on all the time.
3:18	That girl is cute right? It seems like it on the commercial but you can't really tell on that tiny screen.
3:19	Leslie Feist is in a few bands including Broken Social Scene. Pete doesn't want to give away any trade secrets but Matt Dahl uses one of their songs as his closing them.
3:20	Now Steve is going to get calls from Matt complaining about Pete giving away his secrets in a misbegotten attempt to make Steve seem hip.
3:21	Live read: WCIU
3:22	Steve was at WGN at 6:00 AM this morning. He and Garry were lied to and told they had to do a tease at 6:20 but they didn't. They just want you there early for make-up. It was sort of weird that the make-up girl had a surgical mask on.
3:23	Garry showed up after Steve got there. Hoover asked Steve if it was OK for Garry to come in his green room.
3:24	Steve thought it would be better if they were in different rooms just so save it for the air. Hoover agreed but then Jim Turano came in and just sat down. He thought it was great to be at WGN because of all the history.
3:25	Steve had to kick him out but it wasn't awkward. If you're in showbiz you understand that stuff.
3:26	Then Garry came back and they did an awkward walk down the hallway together. But it was fine, they only did 6 minutes. Buzz knows it was 6 minutes because he watched it online and there was a read out.
3:27	Steve had fun though and that's a good show they do up at WGN. It's kind of hard to get up there though. They'll probably move the studios downtown when the sell the Tribune.
3:28	The studio is sort of in a weird location because it's right in a neighborhood. It used to be industrial but now it's gentrified.
3:29	One of Steve's favorite things from today was Drew walking around with a giant cup of McDonald's coffee. The cup was bigger than Drew!
3:30	Steve calls down to Drew's office. That McDonald's his his home McDonald's, that's how close he lives.
3:31	That's also Drew's Target and Zapper D's. Steve didn't notice any of that because he was driving. He's driving extra carefully so he doesn't hit any bikers.
3:32	Drew didn't even need to be there since Jim Turano drove Garry. Drew has something to bring down but he won't tell Steve what it is. What if it's a human baby?
3:33	Caller Luba has some info about the surgical masks for people doing make-up. If you're doing make-up or people's nails all the time you don't want to be breathing all that stuff in.
3:34	What kind of name is Luba? It's Ukrainian but she's not calling from Ukrainian Village, she's in Franklin Park.
3:35	One thing Steve knows about that area is they have those apartments that are efficiency suites. Steve always thought that if he became a junky he'd get one of those. I has a very 60s/Naked Lunch feel to it.
3:36	Drew brought Steve a present which we've established already. It's a box of Big Cherries. Steve was just thinking how he needed to get some of those.
3:37	The box is half-empty because Stan already had a few. Drew let Stan have some of his Big Cherries?!
3:38	The Big Cherry is the best candy ever. Steve would have come to Drew's house to pick these things up.
3:45	Caller Gus wanted to recommend Heroes Sub Sandwich at Addison and Western. Steve was there pretty early but Gus thinks it would have been worth it to wait around for it.
3:46	It's not an entirely foreign idea for Steve to do something like that. Maybe he'll take a nap in the car next time.
3:47	It was early so Steve just wanted to get down here plus he was fighting his GPS the entire way. He probably didn't go the shortest possible way and made a few harrowing moves.
3:48	He was going down Western and his GPS wanted him to turn left. There were two streets with in 100 feet to turn left on and Steve chose the wrong one. He was in the wrong turn lane but then went across the road and got into the right one.
3:49	WGN does have a cafeteria but he didn't have anything. Steve wasn't sure if he should have breakfast there and then take a nap or take a nap and then order room service. Turns out he made the right choice.
3:50	Caller Susie loved seeing Steve on TV this morning. She hasn't seen him live in a while, he looks great and younger. She thought Garry looked very stiff though.
3:51	As it turns out Steve's fish taco bracelet matches his shirt but that was not intentional. Buzz loves when Steve accessorizes.
3:59	On the phone is Josh Mora from Comcast Sportsnet. The Cubs are on right now and they're losing.
4:00	Josh is a Cubs fan and it's funny to hear other fans talking themselves into losing this thing. That sounds like our own Jim Kid.
4:01	The Cubs magic number is three, that's totally doable. It almost seems like Cubs fans don't want it to happen.
4:02	Steve can speak from experience that winning it all isn't everything. Especially when you're team is 25 games out after winning it 2 years ago.
4:03	The comedown after the World Series is sort of like how you feel on Christmas night only on crack.
4:04	The Sox might have had a few bandwagon jumpers during their 2005 season. There were definitely a few around here.
4:05	The Cubs are losing 3-1 right now in the top of the third. Steve Trachsel is pitching so it could be 6 or 7 to 1 in no time.
4:06	Last night Steve Trachsel snapped at the media because someone had the Brewers/Cardinals game on.
4:07	He's not pitching well, he might want to focus some energy on that. He's given up 3 runs in 2 innings.
4:08	The Bears are in a lot of trouble but we know that. How's the Grieseball doing? Steve thinks he looks like the Keebler elf or something from Lord of the Rings. Steve does believe in elfin magic.
4:09	They have a lot of other problems though. Cedric Benson can't pick up a blitz and the offense line is starting to show their age.
4:10	Buzz read in the paper that Grossman said he was surprised about his demotion. He must be a complete idiot then.
4:11	Josh thinks that most athletes have to have a big ego and can't really look at the big picture. How could Rex not know he was going to be demoted though, especially after Sunday night?
4:12	Lance Briggs has been running around practice and it looks like he'll play on Sunday. When Josh left the game Sunday it seemed like Vasher's injury was the most serious and he probably will miss 4-6 weeks.
4:13	Josh is hosting Chicago Tribune Live today, they'll be talking to a reporter for the Detroit Free Press and also about the future of the Blackhawks.
4:14	Steve will keep you posted on that Cubs game, no reason to tune in. You won't understand what happened anyway because it's just Ron Santo yelling a lot.
4:15	Either that or Santo is asking Pat Hughes what happened because he had to go to the bathroom.
4:16	Is there anything Steve didn't ask Josh that he should have? He gets distracted trying to keep Josh on point. He also has a bit of a broadcaster voice so Steve gets lulled by it.
4:23	Steve wouldn't mind if Brian Griese steps up and has a great year and in the process teaches Rex what he needs to know to be better in the future.
4:24	As a season ticket holder Steve would like to see that happen. When you have money invested it's a whole different ball game. Plus you have a right to complain.
4:25	The Sox aren't just 25 1/2 games out, they also have his money, which he gave them way back in February.
4:26	Headlines with Buzz
4:27	Steve had never even heard of Myanmar. He thought it was a resort in Mexico or something. Now we might have to send troops in?
4:28	From what Buzz understands, things have been bad in Myanmar for a while but they're only recently contacting the rest of the world.
4:29	The U.S. has frozen the bank accounts of several top officials in Myanmar. The monks are outraged about what's happening there too.
4:30	The Jena 6 will all be tried as juveniles.
4:31	Lindsay Lohan will not leave rehab, contrary to rumors. It doesn't seem like she should leave for at least a year.
4:32	There's outrage over reports that Angelina Jolie gives her children $50 for every tooth they lose. Is that really a big deal? If you're living in hotels $50 doesn't get you very far.
4:33	The body of Nailah Franklin has not been officially identified yet. A body was found by her abandoned car. What about Lisa Stebic? Shouldn't they find these people in order?
4:34	A Chinese woman has been sentenced to death after killing her husband with a rat-poison laced kiss. She didn't die because she passed a capsule into his mouth, which he swallowed.
4:35	If someone did that to Steve he'd spit the capsule out, not swallow it.
4:36	Once again, Myanmar sounds like an all-inclusive resort in Mexico. It seems like an ill-advised name-change.
4:37	The Cubs are losing 4-1 in the bottom of the 5th. Steve Trachsel has not been sharp for the Cubs.
4:38	Live read: Gierczyk Properties
4:39	Don't forget Steve and Garry are going to be at the Gilda's Club benefit tomorrow night. If you want tickets call (312) 464-9100 x31
4:40	There are a couple of calls on hold but Steve doesn't really want to take them. One guy says that maybe the Chinese lady told her husband it was X. Steve's not looking for a maybe.
4:41	There's also a guy who called in to say that Jay Mariotti called Rex Grossman a boy today but he hung up. Steve doesn't care about Jay Mariotti.
4:42	Why would an elderly Chinese couple be doing X anyway? That guy hung up too.
4:43	Brendan's not sure why he put those calls on hold. It seems like Brendan as well as Pete and Jim are freaking out. We're in a complete shutdown right now.
4:44	Brendan is freaking out and Pete is freaking out. Steve calls down to the newsroom. Jim probably isn't even keeping a show log he's just writing "Steve Trachsel sucks" over and over.
4:45	Jim is still keeping the show log but he's freaking out. Steve can actually hear him clicking away right now.
4:46	One of the reasons Pete is freaking out is because he got an email last week (at his SexyPeter.com email address?) from a guy who owns a rooftop.
4:47	The guy wanted to invite Pete and Steve to watch one of the playoff games next weekend. Pete's freaking out because he doesn't think they're going to make it in.
4:48	Steve thinks the Cubs are going to be fine although they're down 5-1 now. It looks like Lou is getting ready to go out there and argue with the ump. Maybe he'll get himself tossed to fire the team up. They need something.
4:49	If the Cubs do make the playoffs Steve might consider going with Pete. He's looking to get out of having to stuff envelopes for Pat Dahl's wedding. Can't they afford to hire someone to do that?
4:55	Cubs just scored a run, it's 5-2 now so that's good. Buzz is wondering what it'll take for the Cubs to blow this. That's a backwards way to look at it. Does Buzz want things to come to a completely standstill around here? Does Buzz want to be putting his own audio on CD?
4:56	The magic number is 3 which means a combination of Cubs wins and Brewers losses and they get in. Steve doesn't want to get bogged down in all this.
4:57	It seems like it'll be a miracle if they make it or if they don't. That Marlins pitcher got taken out of the game and now he's having a hissy fit.
4:58	Steve needs a Taco Pal or he can't have his Cheesy Beefy Melt. You don't have to get one of those though.
4:59	So Steve doesn't know what it'll take for the Cubs to blow it but if someone calls in who knows that's fine. The Cubs could lose every game as long as the Brewers lose 3 games and still make it in. So there are a lot of combinations.
5:00	If Steve were a Cubs fan he'd be consoling himself with the fact that they might be cold now but they could heat up just in time for the playoffs.
5:01	Buzz feels that if they fail to get in it'll just add to their legend. Steve really can't have everything shutdown around here. But Buzz needs to know the tragic number.
5:02	Buzz just can't believe what's happening. Up until today he thought they were getting in and he was saying "we" too. Usually he's just saying how much he hates them because of all the traffic it causes.
5:03	Pete was a little turned off by all the confidence from the Cubs and everyone else after the Pirates series. Steve should probably get Jim back on the phone for his.
5:04	They're up by 2 games with 4 games to play, 3 after today. They can relax a little bit. Jim says he's never shut down. Maybe not on purpose. Does Steve need to pull out the Lollapalooza tape? That was also a time when the Cubs were losing.
5:05	Jim was very confident after the Pirates series, like he'd never been all year. They have trouble with the Marlins. Plus you've got Bill Murray down there taking all your press.
5:06	Soriano just drove in a few runs. Jim can hear Gabe down the hall clapping so he knows something good is going on. It's 5-4 now so there you go.
5:07	It looks like Soriano hit a home run but they have a short porch in left. That ballpark is ridiculous.
5:08	And then they show Bill Murray who's sporting a 70s porn star mustache. He's also with a guy who looks like Steve before he stopped drinking. He's with Journeyman Steve Dahl! Actually it's his brother Joel who might want to go on a health kick. When you look like Steve from 12 years ago, that's not good. Maybe Dan has the power to produce drunk Steve with some sort of voodoo magic. Maybe he had the drunk Steve preserved.
5:09	Steve has not had a Taco Pal call in yet. He can't eat the Cheesy Beefy Melt without one. It's just sitting on there too, Steve feels like a circus seal.
5:10	Buzz offers to be Steve's Taco Pal if he doesn't get one. That's not really the concept although he appreciates it.
5:11	Alright a Taco Pal finally called in. John was caught in traffic which his what took him so long to call.
5:12	John also went with the Cheesy Beefy Melt but he's not sure what Taco Bell he got it from. He's in the Lake in the Hills area though.
5:18	For all Steve's support of Pete and the Cubs his payback is playing the clip from the WGN news this morning where he gets cut-off mid-song?
5:19	Pete was irritated too. Maybe he should write a letter then. It just reirritated Steve. Buzz thought they said Steve's name wrong but it just went into a promo for the Steve Wilkos Show.
5:20	Steve knew he was going to get cut-off but he didn't want to hear it again. Does Pete have anything else in there?
5:21	Pete's probably upset because the bases are loaded and there's only one out. According to Steve's calculations the Cubs tragic number is 7. That's a lot of bad stuff to happen.
5:22	Anything else from this morning that Pete wants to get off his chest?
5:23	Alright Chef Hans is here for Meat Talk and he's pretty good. Just pretty good? Bill Wirtz died this week and Hans was very good friends with him.
5:24	Hans didn't appreciate people piling on after Wirtz had died. He doesn't have anything to do with the wins and losses.
5:25	Does Pete have anything else bad from this morning because Steve doesn't want to get into tragic hockey talk. He wrote something nice in his blog yesterday though. It's also on the Tribune website at ChicagoSports.com
5:26	Hans was told about it and he really appreciates it. Hans didn't read it though? Can he not read English? Does he need it translated into Swiss? Hans went all radio telethon on Steve.
5:27	There was a rocker in at Smith & Wollensky last Friday but Hans can't remember who it is. Just a rocker? Hans is going to have to narrow it down a little bit. It's tough to drop names if you don't have a name.
5:28	It's like playing Jeopardy. Steve will take Famous Rockers for $500.
5:29	S & W had their most successful wine tasting week ever. They served 1400 customers. The weather might have something to do with it.
5:30	Caller Frank saw in Sneed's column that Alice Cooper was at Smith & Wollensky but not in make-up. It'd be weird to look like that having lunch with yourself.
5:31	The Cubs did get out of that bases loaded jam thanks to Voody. Hans actually saw him on Saturday in the lockerroom.
5:32	Hans is coming to the Dahlfins show on Saturday. He can just walk right out of his kitchen to the show. He expects a huge crowd too, everyone's talking about it.
5:33	It only holds 400 though. It seems like a Steve Dahl could fill the main room but apparently no one else has the faith.
5:34	Jef Schmidt was telling Hans that he needs to get Steve into hockey this year. Steve told Bill Wirtz last year that he'd try to get to more games. It'd be more fun if he were still alive, kicking back in his private dining room.
5:35	Steve did see Hans at a Hawks game last year. He was hammered and hanging out with Cliff Correll. Hans doesn't think he was drunk because he remembers it happening.
5:36	That was actually Grant Mulvy that Hans was with. It was sort of hard to follow because there was a lot of inside hockey joking.
5:37	Caller Barbara wanted to say that she met Chef Hans last week at the animal shelter charity. He's cuter than his voice sounds. That's because he sounds like Nazi.
5:38	That was the thing at Cafe Brauer where Chef saw Bill Kurtis. He'd like to book him on the show if Steve wouldn't mind.
5:39	Hans needs to stop booking guests on the show. Are Hans and Bill going to have an argument about Tallgrass Beef or something?
5:40	Barbara was the redhead who introduced herself to Hans. Maybe Steve give her a gift certificate to the restaurant to get her in there.
5:48	Live read: Emilio's Tapas
5:49	Song: Wasted Time, Eagles
5:55	Steve was driving home last night and heard what he thought was an oldie. This might be self-indulgent but Steve grew up in Southern California so he can talk about So Cal rock.
5:56	Steve heard a song that he knew to be written by John David Souther, who co-wrote songs with Eagles. Or The Eagles as Buzz says.
5:57	Steve was going to send Norm Weiner an email saying "right on" for playing Souther because you never hear him.
5:58	Then Steve realized it was Eagles who were doing it. He figured it must be a new Eagles song but he couldn't find anything about it.
5:59	After some Googling Steve found Eagles' MySpace page. Turns out they released that song back in August.
6:00	Song: How Long, Eagles
6:03	Alright so there you go, about a month late. Better late then never though. That's a good song though.
6:09	Steve is so please that he found that song on his own. He hardly does anything on his own as Buzz knows. That includes washing himself.
6:10	Time for some sports starring Steve. The Cubs and Marlins are playing right now but they just went to break and Steve can't remember what he saw.
6:11	It's 6-4 Marlins in the top of the 9th. Don't tune-out, Steve will tell you what's going on.
6:12	Steve's TiVo isn't working so he couldn't go back and see the score. He was told the score by Pete and Mary simultaneously. It was stereo Cubs fans.
6:13	Someone from The Little Guys is coming in tomorrow to put in a new TiVo.
6:14	Lance Briggs, Reuben Brown, Fred Miller, Nathan Vasher and Peanut Tillman did not participate in practice today.
6:15	The Bears signed Ado Jimoh and cut punter Dirk Johnson. "Cut punter" is a very dangerous combination. Brendan did that on purpose didn't he?
6:16	Offensive coordinator Ron Turner said fans won't see too many changes this weekend against the Lions. Steve's starting to not like this guy again.
6:17	The Cubs lost by the way. The Brewers still could lose tonight and the magic number will be down to 2.
6:25	Steve doesn't watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, he just knew what the drop was from because it says it on his screen. It seems like a show Steve should watch, he's heard it's good.
6:26	Pete watches it and it's good. It seems like Danny DeVito would be a dealbreaker for Steve but he seems pretty funny too.
6:27	Always Sunny is on tonight, it's a busy night on TV. Steve's looking forward to the one hour Office episode.
6:28	News with Buzz
6:29	One of the Jena 6 has been released from police custody. Al Sharpton told reporters that Michael Bell wanted to pray when he came out and that he wanted some ribs. Why does he have to promote the stereotype like that?
6:30	Earlier we reported that the Jena 6 would be tried as juveniles but that was an erroneous report. We? It was Buzz who reported it.
6:32	An Illinois woman placed her children up for sale on eBay. Don't you get in trouble for stuff like that?
6:33	The woman wanted the winning bidder to spend a few days with her kids so she could get away. She was just looking for a babysitter then.
6:34	How well do you know any babysitter really? Although it seems like a recipe disaster when someone pays you to watch your kids.
6:35	There's no suspect in the case of dozens of railroad ties pulled from train tracks along the Metra Electric Line.
6:36	Chicago has come a long way since the City Council prohibited their meetings from being taped. Back then you needed permission from the finance chairman.
6:37	Now City Council meetings will be streamed on their website. Those meetings used to be pretty entertaining and they probably still are.
6:39	Authorities will not know until Monday whether a body discovered today is that of Nailah Franklin.
6:47	Garry made a very bizarre Gary Dotson reference on WGN today but there was a video they made where Steve was Kathy Crowell-Webb and Garry was Gary and they were rolling around in the back of a car.
6:48	Those were the halcyon days and they were on Halcion. Steve and Garry were on WGN promoting the Gilda's Club benefit tomorrow night. Steve's really going for Jen Schefft though.
6:49	Steve can't tell you how excited he is to see the Second City people do an improv about him and Garry while he sits there.
6:50	Steve will make this promise though, if the fat sweaty guy pretends he's Steve he's going to get punched. Second City always has a fat, sweaty guy. Steve feels he would have made a good fat, sweaty guy in Second City though.
6:51	Jen Schefft will be paired up with a girl who was on the British version of The Bachelorette so that's two people you've never heard of.
6:52	It seems like you'd need to do an improv about them but not Steve and Garry. This is why Steve doesn't do well at charity events. He's charitable but at some point he can't let everyone go.
6:53	You might recall the problem Steve had at Harry Teinowitz's event to raise money for child abuse. Steve asked on stage how much money you need to abuse a child and the audience was not happy. This is going to be the same kind of crowd and there's a chance some of them might even remember him.
6:58	That's a drop from Mad Men that mention PJ Clarke's. Buzz has never watched the show but as with everything else on cable he'll probably have many chances to see it again.
6:59	Matt and Brendan are going to be at our own PJ Clarke's tonight. Brendan didn't know it was based out of New York.
7:00	Buzz's aunt lived in New York and one time when he and Demme were visiting her they had lunch a the original PJ Clarke's. She forced them to say hi to Skitch Henderson who was at the bar.
7:01	Will Matt and Brendan be giving away Steve Dahl stuff tonight at PJ Clarke's? Then will Steve hear a complaint about it?
7:02	Matt's just saying it would be nice to have some stuff of his own. He has to realize that they're giving away Disco Still Sucks t-shirts, which are 3 years old.