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		Thursday, October 11, 2007



2:01	Just another exciting show coming from Chicago. Stan and Terry had fun today but was it a good show?
2:02	A lot of times Steve doesn't have fun and it's a good show. He's too busy working to have fun. You can't say that it's fun and not work.
2:03	Steve doesn't even know how he got involved in this conversation but it's probably his fault. He should have just said that if Stan and Terry are having a good time then they're doing a good show.
2:04	Steve always has fun doing his show. Stan thought his motto was "have a good time, all the time." What's that from?
2:05	Sometimes when Steve is really mad and isn't having fun it's funny to everyone but him. Like on Monday he was explaining what happened to him on Sunday at the hands of his boys.
2:06	That was when Pat Dahl told Steve he wasn't funny. He was funny enough to put all three of them through college and make sure they didn't have any student loans.
2:07	Steve thinks his boys will finally appreciate him when he's dead or in a coma. He might self-induce a coma but it can't be for too long or it would invalidate his contract.
2:08	Caller Bob knows where "have a good time, all the time." Steve can't believe he didn't remember this, it's from Spinal Tap.
2:09	Bob won a gift certificate for Big Bowl, Stan's recommending the ginger ale. We've wandered into Stan's free food from Danny McGowan wheelhouse. He'll probably head up to L-Woods tonight with a CD of this segment for Danny.
2:10	Stan has noticed the L-Woods now has pomegranate lemonade which is one of the summer drinks at Big Bowls. He didn't suggest it, he's just an instrument for them. They test things out on him.
2:11	That pomegranate ginger ale is good, Steve remembers having it when he took the show to Big Bowl for dinner. One one end of the table was Steve, Danny, Matt Dahl, Buzz and Brendan. Steve loves Danny but he's a bit of a talker.
2:12	Matt and Brendan weren't talking, Buzz went through about a thousand teriyaki spare ribs so he wasn't talking and Steve still has a stiff neck from looking over to talk to Danny.
2:13	Down at the other end of the table, just far enough away so no one has to talk to Danny is Pete, Jim Kid, Wendy and Mary having the time of their lives. There's colored lights, there's fog machines, there's lasers, it was unbelievable. Next time Steve has to do a Danny McGowan meal Stan is coming with.
2:14	Stan will be at one end of the table with Danny and Steve will be at the other end with the lights and the fog machine, in the soft focus. It looked like Cinemax at Night, it couldn't have been more inviting.
2:17	Jake La Botz is here. In addition to being a musician he's a budding actor. Standby Buzz, we might have to start over.
2:18	There was just an Amber Alert which took over the broadcast. Why does that happen? Steve can't even hear the Amber alert so he doesn't know who's missing.
2:19	It seems like there should be some sort of warning to Steve that there's an Amber Alert going off. It seems like Steve and Buzz would do a better job than the Amber Alert computer.
2:20	It's probably some attempt to suck up to the government or something. But right now we could be enlisting the help of Jake La Botz if we knew who was missing.
2:21	Steve would like to see the actual alert because he could do a better job than a computer. It's probably just a custody battle, why do we have to get involved in that?
2:22	OK here's the alert, Robert Butler Jr. was abducted at 11:30 AM this morning. 11:30 AM! That's a long time ago!
2:23	Does it keep taking over until they find the kid? Is there any way to turn that off?
2:29	Alright, here's the deal on the Amber Alert. Back when there was a 10-second delay on the station it was very manageable for Steve to keep track of what was going on.
2:30	Now Steve can't even get a straight answer about the delay. He could time it but then Steve wouldn't be able to talk while doing it.
2:31	The Amber Alert went off as Steve and Buzz were introducing Jake so a lot of that wasn't on. Buzz heard it go off as the drop-in was ending so he's assuming that's when it started.
2:32	It's also funny because Steve is as mad as a wet hen when the alert because his interview with Jake was scuttled. Jake's just sitting in there wondering what Steve and Buzz are talking about.
2:33	Then people are calling in on the hotline to say we're off the air and Drew is running around claiming that the Amber Alert is racist. The Amber Alert says the boy is of Indian descent which isn't racist. That's just helpful when you're looking for the kid.
2:34	Drew's running around screaming that the Amber Alert shouldn't be on the air because it's racist. He was like Donald Duck when he used to get mad.
2:35	Engineer Steve came in and said he thinks he turned the Amber Alert off in the other room so it wouldn't take over the show.
2:36	Steve's calling down to Drew's office just to get this all straightened out. Drew's not in his office, he's probably getting to the bottom of it.
2:37	It is funny that this thing takes over your station. That should only happen when there's a terrorist attack. And there should at least be a warning when the station is taken over. Like maybe a light or something.
2:38	Steve has some more details about the abduction. Should he read it as himself or the computer? Maybe he should first read it as himself.
2:39	This says the kid is black, not Indian. Still it's not racist to say if the kid is black, it's just helpful.
2:40	Robert Butler III was abducted by Robert A. Butler. See it's a custody thing, it always is.
2:41	The thing Drew was talking about was his wheel man, Yasoob Ahmed. Wheel man for a kidnapping, that seems like a bad idea.
2:42	Alright, joining us in the interview loft is Jake La Botz, former Chicagoan. He doesn't really want to say former but he lives in LA now because he's trying to break into movies.
2:43	Jake doesn't really want to say he's breaking into movies either. Buzz was saying all this before he was so Amberly interrupted. How sweet would have Steve and Buzz's Amber Alert been with the computer voice and then the voices of the suspects.
2:44	Buzz used to play with Jake La Botz quite a bit and then he went out to L.A. and Buzz didn't hear from him for a few years.
2:45	Then late one night he tunes into The Animal Factory in which Mickey Rourke plays a cross-dressing prisoner. It also stars Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong and Jake La Botz as a guitar-playing prisoner.
2:46	Steve didn't know you could bring your guitar to prison. It doesn't seem that bad with a guitar. Plus you're music doesn't really have to be that good.
2:47	So Buzz called him and found out that Jake is now good friends with Buzz's idol, Steve Buscemi. Buscemi actually directed The Animal Factory.
2:48	Jake also spent 3 months in Thailand filming a role in the new Rambo movie. He actually just got a call from one of the producers asking how to spell his last name.
2:49	Jake also has a new album out, Graveyard Jones and he's doing a nationwide tour where he's only playing tattoo parlors.
2:50	You can go to Jake's website and hear the new album. Buzz played one of this songs on a Blue Monday.
2:51	Jake La Botz performs Tiny.
2:53	Who's Tiny is he a person or is it just a concept? Steve thought it was about a little kid or a midget.
2:58	Jake's new album is available from his website and on iTunes. With Steve's new firmware update he can now download the album on his iPhone.
2:59	Maybe if Buzz had an iPhone he wouldn't be pining for Jake so much. When Jake goes to the tattoo parlor for his show does he get a new tattoo?
3:00	Jake has gotten a few new tattoos on the tour but he's playing a different place every night. Jake has 223 tattoos right now. Not really, that's just a good number in Kabala.
3:01	Steve knows nothing about Kabala. If it's for Madonna it's not for him. Jake does have several tattoos but some of them are quite large.
3:02	The last tattoo of Jake's that Buzz saw was a skeleton cowboy holding a bottle of booze. That's actually the cover of the new album. Steve thought it would be a cool tattoo and wanted to ink up.
3:03	Steve did say he'd get a White Sox tattoo after they won the World Series but him and his boys never went through with it. After this season Steve's glad he didn't have a White Sox tattoo, he would have had to disfigure himself.
3:04	Jake remembers visiting Buzz at another Chicago radio station and when he walked in Danny Bonaduce was getting a tattoo on his butt. Steve remembers that tattoo, it says "The Loop" and "Larry Wert". It's never a good idea to get your radio station tattooed anywhere on you.
3:05	Jake performs Gettin' Closer.
3:08	Jake performs The Devil Lives in My Throat.
3:11	So Jake is that the Tattoo Factory in Uptown in Chicago tonight and at Body By Design tomorrow. The shows are free but the tattoos, t-shirt and CDs are not.
3:12	Jake did bring a hat for Steve with the sweet album cover on it. Is it weird for Steve to say he likes Jake's tattoo? Do they have any t-shirts in 2X? 1
3:13	Jake actually ran out of 2X shirts in Phoenix, they have a lot of buffets out there.
3:17	Steve likes the tattoos on the small of a girl's back but he's not sure if that makes them the marryin' type. The times they are a changin' though.
3:18	Jake plays the mercenary Tombstone in the new Rambo movie. What is that Rambo 4, Rambo 5, Rambo 6? He looks like a mercenary though.
3:19	There's a certain scale of actors and Jake is off that size. It's not a knock there's just a certain height of actors like Sylvester Stallone and Jake.
3:20	Steve did enjoy hugging Jake while they were taking pictures in the studio. Adam was there, trying to take photos vertically but Steve told him not to. He likes to do it that way for some reason but it doesn't work for Dahl.com.
3:21	Normally Mary takes the photos and keeps checking them to make sure they turned out OK. Adam didn't even do that. Maybe he doesn't care any more. Steve used to be smitten with Adam but he's over him.
3:22	Adam might be mad at Steve for yelling at him for taking too many photos at the last Dahlfins gig. Ed Silha does the same thing at live remotes and right at the beginning too.
3:23	Ed claims the photo section at Dahl.com is the most heavily trafficked on the website. Steve thinks he's cooking the books on that though. Steve's calling down to Adam's office to ask him about his lackluster effort.
3:24	Adam took the vertical shots to get the guitar in there. He can just ask him to raise it up, they'll do whatever you want. Did Adam manage to capture all of Steve's tattoos in the photo?
3:25	The tattoos were covered by Steve's shirt including the "Adam" tattoo he got after they went to The Admiral. They're bonded for life after that.
3:26	Adam's not mad that Steve yelled at him at the House of Blues, he was just trying to live up to Ed who wasn't there that night. Seems like he did because he annoyed Steve just as much as Ed does.
3:27	Adam's just getting things ready for the next concert with is next month. Is Steve still part of it? Adam seems a little frosty but Steve did yell at him at the House of Blues. Ed takes a million photos because he thinks he's a professional.
3:28	Steve knows when the last gig is but he can't say where it is yet. He knows but they don't like him to say anything. Plus sometimes the venue changes.
3:29	That's the last concert and then after that Steve might do a solo tour. He might take a page from Jake La Botz but he'll tour ice cream parlors. It'll certainly be a different crowd. Or maybe he'll do massage parlors, that works out better for him plus it's edgier. He does love to be washed like a circus animal.
3:30	Steve's still looking for a place in Chicago where he can be washed. People have sent him suggestions but part of the thing with the place in Florida is that no one knows him down there.
3:31	Steve's not looking for anything untoward to happen, he just wants to be washed and then have his back walked on.
3:32	The lady who owned the place and gave Steve his first massage claimed that he was too big and there was too much surface area to cover. She got all sweaty walking on Steve.
3:33	Some of the places that have been suggested to Steve are in areas that he's never been too and he's not sure how to get there or what the parking situation is like. Parking is very important to Steve and in Florida there's plenty of it.
3:34	One of these days though Steve's going to go to Chinatown, get some wonton soup, and find a place that will wash him. There has to be a place like that in Chinatown.
3:35	There has to be other places like that. The massage place in Florida didn't make the rubberized table he was washed on themselves. Someone is producing rubberized tables for washing dudes. Steve should follow the table.
3:36	Steve feels he's made progress in his search by tracking the distributor of the rubberized tables.
3:37	Caller Melissa is recommending a place like Mario Tricoci but that's not what Steve's looking for. They have showers with 7 different shower heads. Steve likes the rubber boots and the hose and the hand washing.
3:43	On the phone is Josh Mora from Comcast Sportsnet. He's just flipping through US Weekly waiting for his show to start and the segment. It's actually not his show but he's hosting Chicago Tribune Live today.
3:44	Comcast also has the Bears Blitz today with Luke Stuckmeyer. Josh thinks Luke is wearing the same tie he was wearing yesterday but he won't admit it.
3:45	Steve just saw something on the news about how only 6% of men wear ties to work. It must be all TV guys and lawyers in court. None of the sales guys here wear ties. Steve doesn't have to wear a tie. He doesn't even wear pants.
3:46	If Steve's wearing a tie it's either because it's something fancy or something bad has happened.
3:47	All the guys on Post Game Live wear the ties and the pocket squares. Plus they've got the Jerry's GQ segment every week.
3:48	Anything interesting going on with the Bears? Darren Sharper, the Vikings safety said that if he gives up a reception to a tight end he should be fired. Then Greg Olsen and Des Clark laughed it off.
3:49	It seems like Steve should have audio like that if they're going to talk about it. Drew really dropped the ball on that though.
3:50	If Steve wants the audio he has to wait until Comcast broadcasts it and then lift it. Plus at Comcast everyone has a really short attention span so there's always something else going on under the audio.
3:51	Big news for the Blackhawks, Bob Pulford is moving upstairs and joining Wirtz Corp. permanently. He always had to sign off on any transactions but he won't have to any more.
3:52	That's probably Rocky Wirtz right there. That Wirtz Family is smart which is probably why they're all billionaires. It's not only the Blackhawks it's also the liquor distribution and the real estate.
3:53	Josh actually lived in a Wirtz-owned building with his mom. It was a one-bedroom apartment. Josh comes from a broken home but everyone gets along really well. Both his parents have their own families and their kids are in their teens. Seems like Josh had to pull all the weight on that one.
3:54	Steve's going to have that audio thing figured out for next time though.
3:55	Buzz is trying to figure out if we heard any sports there. It's mostly a promo for Comcast and Josh is a promoter, he's hungry. He's like Annie or Oliver.
3:56	Why is Steve referencing musicals? Josh wasn't even an orphan but that's all Steve could think of.
3:57	We've tried to get audio from Comcast but somewhere along the line someone isn't complying. If we can't get it from Comcast then Drew should be getting it from WBBM-AM. Steve's going to call him and give him a hard time.
3:58	Drew was very perturbed by the Amber Alert that said the guy was Indian. It's just the wheel man who was Indian.
3:57	If you're just joining us, earlier in the show Steve and Buzz started an interview with Jake La Botz. Right at the beginning of the show the station was commandeered by an Amber Alert.
3:58	The delay used to be about 10 seconds and Steve was very facile at switching in between live and delay. Now there's a very vague delay system that Drew tries to explain.
3:59	There was a series of delays put in place for Rover and then there's also a delay for the digital radio. Steve doesn't need a series of delays.
4:00	Moving on though, Steve needs audio from Comcast or WBBM or wherever. If Josh is going to call in and reference something then Steve wants the audio. Otherwise he has to wait until Comcast runs it.
4:01	We also need to stop the Amber Alert from taking over the station. That's not something we have to do that's just what it's set to.
4:02	Drew went nuts because they described one of the suspects as Middle Eastern. If he's Middle Eastern that's not racist, it's just a description of the wheel man.
4:03	The Amber Alerts used to happen all the time but then Steve said he didn't want them commandeering the station.
4:04	Steve doesn't want them commandeering the station though, unless he can get the actual alert and do all that wheel man stuff.
4:05	What's Drew up to now, is he working on some big marketing campaign?
4:06	Steve's favorite promotions guy, Adam, is in Drew's office right now and they're working on something for the website. Is the stream fixed? Yesterday we had a weak stream.
4:07	Just to reiterate, what is the point of this call? Steve needs audio from Comcast or wherever. We're promoting their station with these segments.
4:08	Drew seems very pent up. It reminds Steve of when Garry first came back on the air after 3 years. Drew might need his own show in a much smaller market.
4:12	We still have Music Snob Corner coming up and Chef Hans but maybe we should do some headlines first.
4:13	Headlines with Buzz
4:14	Another 14-year old high schooler is making headlines today. A student in Pennsylvania threatened to start shooting at his high school but was arrested before he could do anything.
4:15	Turns out the kid from yesterday was threatening to shoot people but no one believed him. That school had a weird name, especially considering what happened there. Steve can't remember what it was though.
4:16	The mastermind of the first attack on the World Trade Center has reportedly converted from Islam to Christianity.
4:17	Success Tech Academy is the name of the Cleveland high school. It's ironic, that's all Steve is saying.
4:18	Columbia University is refusing to hand over videotape that would reveal who hung a noose on the door of a professor. Are we sure it's not just a Halloween decoration?
4:19	Three guys in Dover, New Jersey are waging war against gumballs. They believe that gumballs could be easily poisoned by terrorists. Now we're just giving them new ideas!
4:20	An Iowa woman has been convicted of trying to sell her 4-year old son. It's believed she needed money to buy a wedding dress.
4:21	Tonight's Without a Trace features a plot based on the Lisa Stebic case. Steve's pretty sure that's just a tag at the end of the episode, not part of the plot.
4:22	Buzz completely misread the story, he was casting the episode and everything. Who did he have as Amy Jacobson? Paris HIlton maybe?
4:23	Lindsay Lohan, who'd make a great Lisa Stebic, is finishing up her time in rehab. She likes Utah so much though that she might stay there. She's already dating a snowboarder, she doesn't waste time.
4:24	An Australian performance artist has astonished his contemporaries by having an ear implanted on his arm. Buzz has also brought a picture of the man's arm.
4:29	It's time for Music Snob Corner, what happened to Pete's theme music? We haven't used it for a while but Steve hasn't noticed.
4:30	Was Pete jealous when Jake had his arm around Steve taking photos for the website? Because he's the one who likes to do that.
4:31	Can Pete not start off with the Steve Dolinsky lip-smack? Steve was just about ready to smack him yesterday. It's also the Ron Lewis lip-smack, are those two guys Pete wants to be?
4:32	Steve has to ride Pete hard about this because his segment is on at a different time today. Pete is fully capable of derailing the entire show though.
4:33	It always seems like a shock to Pete when Steve asks him what the song is. Does he have something else to talk about because it doesn't seem like it?
4:34	Pete just wanted to get to the song because he knows we're in a time crunch. The only reason Steve wants to speed through this segment is so he can get Hans in and out. His cologne is just too overpowering.
4:35	Pete was just going to say that he saw Pat Dahl over the weekend and since he hadn't seen him in a while, and he'd had a few beers, he gave him a big hug. Was Pete imagining it was Steve?
4:36	Pete was at he Cubs game on Saturday with Brendan and Jim and Catman and Matt. Brendan had a party to go to that was sort of far away. Matt invited Pete and Catman to come to a party in his building and they didn't have any plans so they went. Were they hoping to creep out some girls in their 20s?
4:37	Pete's always glad to see the Dahl boys but Steve isn't. They got out drinking with Pete on Saturday and then on Sunday they're hungover and looking to take it out on someone.
4:38	Was Pete the one who told Pat that Steve wasn't funny? Because he was hassling him on Sunday saying he had only one joke, the weak back joke.
4:42	Usually we start the show off with Music Snob Corner. Pete's laconic pace is more suited for the beginning of the show and not right in the middle when Steve is jacked on caffeine. So he apologizes if he's running roughshod over Pete.
4:43	Anything else Pete wants to tell Steve about Saturday? They had a fun time sitting on the Skybox on Sheffield, using Steve's name and getting Catman in on his ticket. The only thing that comforts Steve about that is they knew the game was over on the first pitch.
4:44	Pete remembers saying right before the first pitch that the worst thing that could happen was for the Diamondbacks to score 3 runs in the first inning and take the crowd out of it. Turns out all they needed was one run.
4:45	Next year it'll be 100 years since a World Series which seems better. It'll also be easier to remember the last time they won, 1908. Steve always confuses it with the White Sox and 1918.
4:46	Pete was shocked to learn that Ben Affleck had never been to Wrigley Field before, he seems like such a big baseball fan. That was in the paper today along with Stella Foster saying she didn't like Kid Nation.
4:47	Why do we need to know that stuff, why is it in the paper? He should just stick to the Red Eye.
4:48	Zwecker was the one who mentioned that Affleck had never been to Wrigley Field. No wonder Pete's so laconic, his brain has turned to mush reading this stuff.
4:49	Pete needs to stop reading the Sun-Times. If he's going to read paper read the Red Eye, it's written by kids for kids. What's the song for today?
4:50	Pete was hesitant to play today's song because Tina was inquiring about what it would be. Pete's like Drew with all these loose ends Steve has to tie up. Does Tina do any work in the office? Steve's going to have to install some cameras around here.
4:51	Pete was hesitant to play the song because sometimes Tina ruins stuff for him. That's cold! Pete just doesn't like to talk about things or have conversations about them. Is Tina Pete's Wendy? Pete doesn't like a song when Tina likes it, is that it?
4:52	Tina just has a certain way about her. Pete appreciates her interest but it sort of seems like a fake interest. Can Steve be sued for anything Pete is saying here?
4:53	Steve has no idea what Pete is talking about. Does Tina come in and ask Pete what song he plays every week? He's in so deep now, he's going to need to give some more details.
4:54	Tina came in on Tuesday and Pete was listening to this particular CD. They usually exchange some pleasantries, maybe Tina asks Pete about her hair. Tina never listens though, she just asks for advice and doesn't take it. That's the Tina that Steve knows.
4:55	So Tina leaves to do the show log in Steve's studio and then she comes back and asks Pete if he has the new Band of Horses CD, knowing full well that he was just listening. Pete said that he didn't have it then she said he was just listening to it.
4:56	Then Tina asked if she could make a copy of it. Then she apparently gave Jim a copy of the CD. So is that why Pete is mad because Tina is spreading the CD around? Steve really needs to give her more to do.
4:57	So then today Tina came in and asked him what song he was playing today but it seemed like all the fun had been taken out of it. Pete was going to change it to something else at the last minute but he really wants to play this one.
4:58	The song was also mentioned in Richard Roeper's column today. That doesn't ruin it for Pete because he loves Richard Roeper. Would he like to give him a back rub some time? Maybe after a Sox victory or something.
4:59	Roeper was talking about the various ways he gets music these days. He didn't say he gets music from Tina did he?
5:00	Tina was actually mentioned in Roeper's column a few weeks ago. It was something about text messages and he printed a bunch of them between Tina and her sister. Steve knew it was her because it mentioned that Tom Thayer was here and he's yummy.
5:01	Can't Pete just say he's busy? When Steve goes in there Pete keeps his headphones on and totally ignores him. But Tina walks in and they're talking about music and Richard Roeper.
5:02	Steve has all of Tina's text messages. It was sent to Richard by Tina's sister, not Tina. Maybe Steve should start doing a segment with Tina, she's funnier even if it's inadvertently.
5:03	In today's column Richard was talking about all the ways he's gotten music over the years, first on a 45 then LP then 8-track. So he didn't have an idea for a column today?
5:04	Buzz actually read it and thought it was quite good but he doesn't remember it. If Steve had a gun he'd put it in his mouth right now and pull the trigger.
5:05	Richard mentioned the Band of Horses song in his column because he went to Starbuck's and they gave him a card for a free iTunes download of it. Why doesn't Steve ever get those, he gets Starbuck's 5 times a day!
5:09	Tina actually sent the link to the Richard Roeper column to Mark Czerniec so she's obviously not offended. You would think you wouldn't want any credit for that but there are other ways to look at it.
5:10	Alright it's time fro the Five O'Clock Taco Bell. Normally Steve has a Taco Pal on Thursdays but not today. Steve has a new item to talk about and it needs his full concentration.
5:11	Today Steve is having a Chili Cheese Nachos Bell Grande. This might not be the kind of thing you can eat while driving. There's a safety feature on certain Taco Bell packaging that makes it difficult to open with one hand. Those are the items you shouldn't be eating while driving.
5:12	Steve's going to continue eating while listening to Pete's song. Was it approved by Tina? Did she text "Luv it!" to him?
5:13	Song: No One's Gonna Love You, Band of Horses
5:16	During that song Steve was picturing Pete and Tina at a Band of Horses concert. Tina was up on Pete's shoulders with a Bic lighter and they were both swaying.
5:17	They're coming to Chicago in November so maybe that'll happen. Girl on shoulders doesn't seem appropriate for an indoor gig though.
5:21	Chef Hans is here for Meat Talk. Right before Buzz got into the room Hans said he wanted to do a trivia contest.
5:22	Chef Hans is having a hectic day. Every pay day is very hectic in a chef's office. Payday on a Thursday?
5:23	Hans just had a few people at the Chef's Table yesterday, some of whom Steve knows. That's the table in the kitchen that's encased in glass but you can see everything that's going on.
5:24	It was Dale Talon, Dennis Savard and Bob Verdi. If Hans is forgetting anyone he apologizes.
5:25	Hans' stomach hurt after 2 hours at the table because he was laughing so hard. Kudos to Hans for not monopolizing that conversation though.
5:26	Hans also went to the Blackhawks game with Steve Trachsel and he told him that he ran into Steve in Mexico. Steve feels the hand of Dan Falato in all of this.
5:27	Steve remembers Dan yelling out "TRAX!" right in the middle of the broadcast. Steve had no idea what he meant. Had he just found needle tracks on someone's arm? Was there a train coming? The show came to a screeching halt.
5:28	Trax said he hopes to be back on the Cubs next season. If Steve were a Cubs fan he wouldn't want him back on the team. It seemed like he didn't pitch well but maybe Steve is wrong. He'll take a random sample of Cubs fans to see how Trax did.
5:29	Jim kid does not want Trax back on the Cubs. He heard they might resign him and he was terrified at the thought. Maybe it'd be better if he signed with the Cardinals.
5:30	It's also getting colder so S & W had to close down the upper patio. Also, Hans does not have Bruce Springsteen tickets but a lot of people have been asking for them.
5:31	Buzz is wondering if Hans has Hannah Montana tickets. They're the hottest ticket in town and it's all sold out. Buzz could get some but he'd have to pay a lot of money.
5:32	Why are people calling Hans for Bruce Springsteen tickets? Does anything make sense on this show today?
5:33	Hans has connections with people at the United Center where Bruce is playing. But don't call him for tickets because he can't get any.
5:35	Christy from Countryside is prepared to pay Hans a lot of money for Bruce Springsteen tickets but he doesn't have any. Is that someone Hans knows from his MySpace page or something?
5:36	Buzz is looking for tickets for the circus and Hans can help him out there. He's gonna try to pass off the circus as Hannah Montana? Piper said she'd go back to the circus if she could be in the circus. Last year their seats were so good that they got to ride on a circus train. Buzz came from a childhood full of broken promises so he really wants to make this happen.
5:37	Buzz needs to remember who gets him tickets because it was Steve that got him that close to the circus last year. He could probably get him Hannah Montana tickets too.
5:38	Buzz is hesitant to send Piper into the mass hysteria of the Hannah Montana show. It sounds like he's trying to rationalize it. It's Disney though, it's probably wholesome.
5:39	Terry promised Buzz that if he was doing a sitdown interview with Hannah Montana he'd bring Piper with him.
5:40	Terry is the new broken promises dad for Buzz. He's never done one thing he said he would.
5:42	Live read: Emilio's Tapas
5:43	Caller Joe is dead-on with the Hannah Montana, it's absolute hysteria. It's not just little girls, it's mom too fighting and pushing their way forward.
5:44	Joe worked concert security at Poplar Creek and it was just as bad as an Iron Maiden show.
5:45	It sounds like MILF city out there, maybe Steve will take Piper. The MILF's probably like a guy who's there with his daughter. Maybe Steve will say he's a widower.
5:46	Caller Pete wanted to let Steve know that two weeks ago Terry Armour was bragging that he was going to get Cubs playoffs tickets for Bonnie. It never happened.
5:47	That's exactly what Steve is talking about, he's Buzz's broken promises dad. He never comes through with anything.
5:48	Buzz isn't even going to the Hannah Montana show if he gets tickets so he doesn't need to hear any more about it. Buzz probably won't get tickets since you can't get them at face value and he's Buzz "Face Value" Kilman.
5:49	Buzz is willing to pay more than face value but people are selling a pair of tickets for $2,000. So Buzz isn't even going to tell Piper about it and then she'll forget about it. So there's no broken promises there.
5:50	Vince is on hold and he says bring earplugs. It's a bunch of girls screaming, of course it's going to be loud. Steve remembers taking his boys to see Backstreet Boys and there was a lot of screaming.
5:51	Steve also took Pat Dahl backstage for Sesame Street Live and he was terrified by the Cookie Monster.
5:52	Steve watched the Hannah Montana TV show and he didn't mind it. It was a chance for him to fall in love with Billy Ray Cyrus all over again.
5:53	What are these call on hold that Brendan has? Didn't Steve say we're not going to talk about this any more? Steve's going to talk to this one woman and then no more Hannah Montana.
5:54	Caller Caroline wanted to let Buzz know that for the next time he should sign up for the Hannah Montana pre-sale on Miley's World.
5:55	Steve sort of felt like a pedophile watching Hannah Montana. She has one friend who's pretty hot but they can't be more than 14-years old. Maybe that's why Buzz doesn't want to go, he's afraid to confront his own emotions.
5:57	That's a good suggestion but Buzz probably won't do it. Maybe Aimee could do it. Buzz can't have his name as the login for Miley's World, that could come back to haunt him.
5:58	Matt Dahl wanted everyone to know that Steve didn't take him or any of them to see Backstreet Boys. It was New Kids on the Block which was a while ago.
5:59	Matt just didn't want people thinking that Steve took all of them to see the Backstreet Boys as they were approaching their 20s.
6:00	Live read: Townstone Financial
6:01	Time for some sports. Bernard Berrian, Nathan Vasher, Darwin Walker and Lance Briggs all missed practice today. Berrian and Vasher are expected to play on Sunday though.
6:02	The Vikings are expected to start Tavaris Jackson on Sunday even though he's missed the last two games.
6:03	Vikings cornerback Darren Sharper, owner of the Sharper Image stores, said he's not worried about the Bears tight end tandem. Greg Olsen said that he's sure at one point a tight end as caught a pass on Sharper. You could tell about halfway through his comment that Greg Olsen realized he shouldn't be commenting on this but he made a nice recovery.
6:04	On the other hand Des Clark said he probably shouldn't show up on Sunday if Darren Sharper is going to shut him down. You can tell Des is the veteran with that comment.
6:05	The body of George Gipp, the Notre Dame player who inspired Knute Rockne's famous "Win one for the Gipper" speech was exhumed recently for DNA testing.
6:11	Algonquin Village Clerk and local clown Jerry Kautz is "living in a nightmare" after a Springfield man who uses the same clown handle as him was charged with possession child porn and traveling overseas to have sex with a minor.
6:12	Kautz received a threatening email from someone mistaking him for the accused man, Amon Paul Carlock.
6:13	Carlock worked as a minister, police officer, magician and clown before his arrest on Tuesday. It's all one package.
6:14	Kautz has been using the name Klutzo since the early 80s and it's synonymous with him in Algonquin. Now Kautz feels the name Klutzo has been sullied.
6:15	Buzz can't believe that two guys would be named Klutzo in the same general area. Maybe they need some sort of Clown Name Registry.
6:16	News with Buzz
6:17	President Bush is happy to see that the federal deficit continues to decrease.
6:18	Authorities in Pennsylvania raided the house of a 14-year old arrested for threatening to shoot classmates at his school.
6:19	Caller Debbie wanted to let Steve know that there is a place where clowns register their names and faces. Maybe they need a stronger enforcement branch of the registry. Or maybe the clown in Springfield was unregistered.
6:20	Has anyone seen that TV commercial with the black clown? Steve can't remember what the commercial is for, it might have something to do with used cars.
6:21	Anne Coulter, being interviewed by Danny Deutsch on The Big Idea, is causing waves saying we'd be better off without Jewish people.
6:22	Steve sort of knows what Coulter is going for there but it seems like a weird thing to say. The goal of every Christian is to convert everyone else, more so than the other religions. If you're a Christian you get a $100 for every person you convert. Sometimes they have specials and you get a grand if you convert 5 people.
6:23	Three Wisconsin women are facing charges for sharing marijuana with one of the women's 2-year old son.
6:24	The women videotaped the entire thing on their cellphone, always a good idea.
6:25	On the video the toddler is seen staggering around as someone asks "Hey buddy! Are you stoned?" Any good lawyer can get out of that, all toddlers stagger around like they're stoned.
6:32	That commercial with the black clown is Erik A. Martin and the clown is Creditor the Clown. It's troubling.
6:33	Steve's favorite one is when Creditor the Clown is menacing the white people outside their home. Not only is he a clown but he's a black guy.
6:34	Also there is a National Clown & Character Registry. It seems like this should go straight to the FBI database.
6:35	Damon Wayans did a clown on In Living Color called Homey the Clown which is really what Creditor the Clown is.
6:36	Kudos to Erik A. Martin for bringing him back.
6:37	When we started the show today the show was radiojacked by an Amber Alert. The machine was set up to commandeer the station and broadcast the alert.
6:38	So the beginning of the interview with Jake La Botz was lost. Then Drew was mad because he thought the Amber Alert was racist.
6:39	Skokie police said charges may be brought against the 26-year old man who took his son today after an argument with the mother.
6:40	Is it illegal to take the kid after an argument? Doesn't the father have just as much right as the mother?
6:41	The wheel man in the abduction was Yasoob Ahmed who was described as being Middle Eastern. Drew couldn't believe the Amber Alert said that.
6:42	Snoop Dogg has agreed to clean up an Orange County Park for community service after being charged with weapons possession at John Wayne Airport.
6:43	Steve feels that if he or Buzz went through John Wayne Airport with a collapsible baton they'd be in a lot more trouble than Snoop.
6:49	Are Matt and Brendan ready now? It occurred to Steve the other night that maybe he should talk to them a little earlier. If he gets going on something he eats into their show.
6:50	Steve did not take Matt, Pat and Mike to see Backstreet Boys, he took them to New Kids. Backstreet Boys would have been creepy because they would have been in their 20s.
6:51	New Kids was still creepy though. Matt remembers it as around Christmas and there was a fake snowfall inside Allstate Arena.
6:52	Steve doesn't remember any details but it seems a trifle gay. What does he know though? Were they in a box so Steve could keep drinking at the show? As long as there's a bar and a bathroom Steve is good.
6:53	Brendan is a Snoop Dogg fan, does he still have some outstanding charges? There was a lawsuit over an alleged sexual assault backstage at the Jimmy Kimmel Show. That happens all the time though.
6:54	Brendan remember a string of legal problems for Snoop last year but they've all be cleared up. It seems like a lot of them are in airports and yet he's a free man.
6:55	Steve remembers him getting in trouble in a first class lounge in Heathrow or something. It's so hard to keep track of what he's up to.
6:56	Wasn't he at one time charged with murder? Isn't that where that Murder Was the Case song came from?
6:57	Steve likes Snoop Dogg though. That first week of Jimmy Kimmel's show when he co-hosted was the funniest week of TV Steve has ever seen.
6:58	Snoop was actually banned from England because of the incident at Heathrow and another incident at a London police station.
6:59	After all these legal issues Snoop is expected to continue touring. It takes a lot to get these guys off the road doesn't it? Look at R. Kelly, he's getting ready to launch another tour.