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| 5:30
| Buzz should feel free to start talking when the song ends. He didn't want to step on Stev's backsell of the song. He feels that a lot of people look forward to that. |
| 5:31
| Steve didn't even know what song it was. It was Never Tear Us Apart by INXS. Steve is not a gay disco guy, he doesn't need that as his lead-in. He heard plenty of songs between 5:00 and 5:30 that he likes and that wasn't one of them. |
| 5:32
| Steve doesn't like INXS although he did watch Rockstar: INXS. It only made him hate them more. |
| 5:33
| Steve's having some computer issues but he forgot that he had an entire back-up plan in place. Yesterday as he was writing his new Drew Peterson parody song his computer crashed. He realizes that sounds a lot like "my dog ate my homework" but that's what happened. |
| 5:34
| Steve sat there thinking he'd be able to fix the computer by turning it on and off. It happened early enough so that he could have gone to the Apple Store although he's not sure what would have happened there. Like any good drama the element of surprise was involved. |
| 5:35
| Steve did a lot yesterday and didn't manage his time very well. He got a haircut, went to the car dealer and then had to go to Guitar Center which he really wasn't looking forward to. |
| 5:36
| Steve had to get a new mic to record the Drew Peterson song because Matt Dahl is using his for the podcast. Matt was snowed in on Monday because he was skiing but they did the podcast yesterday. |
| 5:37
| Buzz thought Matt was on a skiing safari over the weekend into Monday. 3 days certainly seems like a skiing safari to Steve. that's more time than he can take off. |
| 5:38
| Buzz is clearing his throat, did Jim forget to talk to him this morning? That's one of Jim's main jobs. Steve talks to himself in the morning or Kathy from Eric and Kathy. |
| 5:39
| At first Kathy was nice to Steve because she probably though he was just some old man who was hot. But now the show has gotten some ratings in the mornings so things have changed. |
| 5:40
| Steve was at the car dealer to get winter tires put on the Porsche and he's blaming their free internet for crashing his computer. He can't prove it though. |
| 5:41
| A warning light also came on in the car but they didn't believe anything was wrong and thought Steve just wanted to hang out and use the free internet. When they took a look at it someone said it might be a problem with the suspension that they've been having. |
| 5:42
| They didn't seem interested in fixing it but if there's ever something wrong with Steve's car he wants it fixed. It was just like when his electrical system shut down and they didn't believe him. Then Steve learned that's a problem that's been happening on a lot of their cars. |
| 5:43
| Then Steve had to go to Guitar Center which he wasn't looking forward to. He tried to call an independent place, Uncle John's Band or something like that, but they didn't have the mic he was looking for. |
| 5:44
| Of course at Guitar Center all the kids are there after school playing Stairway to Heaven or wailing away on the drums. |
| 5:45
| Steve doesn't mind the guy who works in the mic section because he calls him "man". He still had to ask Steve for his ID and his address and name. |
| 5:46
| When Steve was leaving he was behind some kid with a sales receipt and two drumsticks. The guy had to actually take the sticks out of their sleeve and look at both of them. |
| 5:47
| It was clear that Steve only had a mic in his bag but the guy had to reach in there and pull it out. If they're going to make a big deal out of it, why not just have clear shopping bags? |
| 5:48
| So the Drew Peterson song never got recorded because of the computer crash. He might be able to do it live today. He has no idea what happened to his computer but he must have turned it on and off 500 times. |
| 5:49
| Steve's got something that says Guitar Center could be violating credit card company policy. Someone bought furniture at a small store and they required a driver's license for the purchase. VISA aren't permitted to require retailers to ask for an ID for purchases. |
| 5:54
| Mary said she went to the Apple Store once and was asked for her ID. She knew they weren't allowed to ask for the ID so she refused to show it. Then they freaked out and got a manager who said she doesn't have to show her ID. So let's start that trend. |
| 5:55
| Steve doesn't want to show his ID. What does he care if his credit card gets stolen? He's only responsible for $50. The frustrating thing for Steve is that the guys at Guitar Center know him, call him Steve and yet still ask for his ID. It's like some power trip. |
| 5:56
| Headlines with Buzz |
| 5:57
| Minneapolis police chief Tim Dolan is apologizing to a family who's house was raided by a SWAT team. The police had some bad information and fortunately no one was killed. |
| 5:58
| It seems like you'd triple check your info before you barge into someone's house. |
| 5:59
| There's been some response from Kathleen Savio's family after Drew said they were money-grubbing. |
| 6:00
| Bolingbrook police are saying there's no way Drew Peterson mistreated a man he arrested. The man is suing the police department claiming Drew broke his thumb and kneed him. |
| 6:01
| Drew is denying any wrongdoing. He didn't do nuthin'! Everyone's going to come out of the woodwork to sue him now because they know he has money. |
| 6:02
| Mayor Daley let his emotions get the best of him while answering questions about his son's interest in a sewer maintenance company. The kid just went off to war! |
| 6:03
| Patrick Daley's an adult, why does the mayor have to answer for him? Daley signed-off on city contracts that the firm received but does he really sign those? |
| 6:04
| Obviously Buzz doesn't feel the way Steve does. Buzz just wanted to hear the mayor breakdown. That's not in keeping with the holiday season Buzz. |
| 6:05
| Britney Spears 16-year old sister is pregnant. Steve didn't even know Britney had a sister, who has a TV show too. |
| 6:06
| Everyone's so fascinated by Britney and sometimes we neglect her relatives. Turns out she has dumb relatives too. |
| 6:07
| The search continues for a family that disappeared while searching from a Christmas tree in Northern California. |
| 6:08
| A father and his three sons were last seen on Sunday. Steve calls down to the weather center. Jim, it's a good thing that didn't happen to you! |
| 6:09
| Jim hopes that doesn't happen to him. He already went to get his Christmas tree so it didn't happen. Is everyone but Steve drinking around here? Steve's going to call back and try this again. |
| 6:10
| Jim, good thing this didn't happen to you! Jim's very relieved the family didn't get lost. Jim of course went to go cut down a Christmas tree with his brothers Slim and Tim and his parents along with his black girlfriend and her two sisters and her parents. |
| 6:11
| They went to a Christmas tree farm so they probably couldn't get lost but be careful next year anyway. Jim's girlfriend isn't really black but she got a tree, her parents got a tree, Jim's parents got a tree and his brother got a tree. |
| 6:12
| They cleared an entire forest! That's not leaving a great carbon foot print. Jim didn't get a tree because he thought it would be weird. Pete has a tree but he's weird. |
| 6:13
| Jim has a roommate so he thought it would be weird to decorate a tree with him. All they have is a Festivus pole, which seems even weirder. |
| 6:14
| Mike Dahl and his roommate got a Christmas tree and they're having a fancy Christmas party on Friday. Steve was invited but he thought it was weird. |
| 6:15
| Mike still has a girlfriend right? Because he says "Jeff and I" which Steve is fine with. He just wants to know what's going on. |
| 6:16
| Today is expected to be the busiest day for the U.S. Postal Service. This is why Buzz gets his cards out early. He sent them in October or something right? It required Steve and Janet to get out an unseasonal basket to put the card in. |
| 6:17
| Buzz also sent out an video email with the Kilman's having a snowball fight. He got it on that JibJab.com website. Steve thought it was funny but don't send him any more. |
| 6:18
| There's a condensed version of It's a Wonderful Life on there, Steve would like that one. |
| 6:25
| Steve likes Seinfeld and everything but he's not going to model his life after it. That's a pathetic new twist on the Jim kid story. It makes Pete look less-crazy. |
| 6:26
| Pete was actually missing the Festivus party that Jim normally has this year. Steve calls down to the newsroom. |
| 6:27
| Jim needs to take down the pole as soon as he gets home, that's just weird. It's pagan too. He's actually just too lazy to take it down to the basement. What is this pole exactly, what does it do? |
| 6:28
| It's just a metal pole, it doesn't do anything. On Seinfeld George's dad created Festivus because he didn't like the commercialism of Christmas. OK, that's kind of funny. |
| 6:29
| Buzz did the Blobus Festivus concert but that could have pre-dated the Seinfeld episode. Blobus Festivus might have soured Steve on Festivus. He can see Wendy Snyder coming up with Blobus Festivus and then Buzz thinking it was all her idea. |
| 6:30
| Steve's going to play Bolingbrookville today and if you're the 10th caller to (312) 616-1043 you win a $1,000 gift certificate for Jacob Ruth. |
| 6:31
| Steve's getting a lot of information from Mark Czerniec about Festivus but do we really care about it? It is sort of funny. |
| 6:32
| Festivus is an annual holiday invented by Reader's Digest writer and editor Daniel O'Keefe. It was introduced to popular culture by his son Daniel, a scriptwriter for Seinfeld. |
| 6:33
| The holiday is celebrated every year on December 23rd or at other times to avoid the Christmas rush. The holiday includes the practice of the Airing of Grievances in which everyone tells everyone else how they've disappointed them in the last year. |
| 6:34
| Following the Festivus meal the Feats of Strength are performed. That involves wrestling the head of the household to the floor. The holiday ends when the head of the household is pinned. |
| 6:35
| Steve calls down to the weather center. Did Jim have Feats of Strength at the Festivus party? Did he and his roommate wrestle or something? |
| 6:36
| It was actually Jim's girlfriend who wrestled one of his friends. If that's going on put Steve down for it. Jim's girlfriend actually pinned the guy, she's feisty. Is that what initially attracted Jim to her? |
| 6:37
| Jim's friends are very into Seinfeld, and who isn't. They all thought the Feats of Strength were funny but other people at the party thought it was weird. It's not as weird as two dudes wrestling though. |
| 6:38
| Time for the web poll question of the day. Yesterday there was no web poll posted on Dahl.com because Ed was in the hospital and he never showed Adam how to do it. Adam is second-in-command in website related activities. |
| 6:39
| After that Steve was involved in a computer guy email smackdown between Ed and Adam in which Ed basically called Adam an idiot. Adam was going to send the Thought for the Day email out but it didn't work. |
| 6:40
| Steve likes to put computer guys against each other, it's like dogfighting but it's not illegal. Ed Silha's on the phone, maybe Adam should get in here. |
| 6:41
| Let's get this going Buzz! Steve has a house just for computer guy fighting, like Michael Vick. He's got an above ground pool and cages with computer guys in them. He gets them hungry with a really slow computer and then lets them loose in a cage with a supercomputer. Adam followed Ed's instructions except he also put Steve's email on the list. That was the problem. Adam counters that the instructions didn't mention putting a subject line in but he did that anyway. So which instructions does he follow? |
| 6:42
| So they're at a stalemate now, when can this be resolved? Because it's going to be good when it happens. |
| 6::43
| Steve has no idea what they were talking about and it doesn't seem like anything got accomplished. Steve's got 20 emails back and forth from them about the Thought for the Day and nothing was accomplished there. |
| 6:51
| Steve likes both Adam and Ed. Of all Steve's dogs Ed is the meanest one though. He does not play well with the other computer guys. |
| 6:52
| Steve will videotape the throwdown between Ed and Adam and edit out any profanity. They went back and forth for 2 hours yesterday and nothing got accomplished. |
| 6:53
| OK today's web poll question is "who would make a better doubles partner for Steve?" |
| 6:54
| Russian tennis star Anna Chakvetadze was tied up by masked robbers who broke into her home and stole money and goods worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. |
| 6:55
| Based on what she looks like it would have been enough for Steve to just tie her up for a half hour or so. |
| 6:56
| Six assailants approached Anna's house around dawn and tied up a maid in another building according to her father Dzhamal. These people need to shorten their names up. Russian stories are always tough. |
| 6:57
| You don't want Steve as a tennis partner, unless you're interested in a lot of breaks in the game. Steve hits the ball over the fence a lot. Buzz can't see Steve getting up early to get to the courts. |
| 6:58
| The condo in Michigan has tennis courts and sometimes Steve plays instead of running. |
| 6:59
| Buzz doesn't think he's ever played tennis so he wouldn't be a good tennis partner either. It's not a real question though. |
| 7:00
| Pat Boyle is on the phone. He wouldn't have done that tennis story just because of the degree of difficulty with the names. The girl getting tied up was enough for Steve. |
| 7:02
| The Pro Bowl rosters were announced today. Lance Briggs, Tommie Harris, Devin Hester and Brendan Ayanbadejo are all going. Brian Urlacher and Olin Kreutz aren't but a dead guy is. |
| 7:03
| Was Sean Taylor really that good or is this a sympathy vote? He was the leading vote getting at his position even before he died. Steve's just sick of seeing #21 on everyone's helmets. It just makes him want to go to Vegas. |
| 7:04
| Steve is surprised even 4 Bears made it to the Pro Bowl. Tommie Harris is probably the biggest surprise since he's been injured all year. Briggs had a good season but maybe not Pro Bowl-worthy. |
| 7:05
| Maybe Briggs can knock up a Hawaiian chick while he's over there. He's got 3 kids right? There's a lot of baby momma drama. |
| 7:06
| It seems like the NFL would be better off putting a condom on the helmets than a #21. He's just sick of seeing the #21. |
| 7:07
| Pat's wondering how Steve would honor someone from his staff if, God forbid, something should happen to them. If something happened to Pete everyone would put a PZ on their headphones but only for a day. |
| 7:08
| Bill Parcells could be getting the Atlanta Falcons job. If it were Steve he'd stay in broadcasting. It's a great gig and he does a good job. |
| 7:09
| The Bulls lost to the Lakers last night. Steve saw a lot of gratuitous stuff from Phil Jackson and Kobe talking about how the Bulls would still be good this year and would make the playoffs. |
| 7:10
| Both Phil and Kobe said it's possible more trade rumors could come up with the Bulls and Lakers. |
| 7:11
| People were worried that a Kobe trade would ruin team chemistry but they have no team chemistry. |
| 7:12
| Comcast's own Gail Fischer caught up with Mark Grace at the Bulls game last night and he had a few things to say about the Mitchell Report. |
| 7:13
| Pat's wondering if Steve's going to the Hawks game tonight. Why, is he going to burgle his house? Steve is going and the game's not on TV so he can eat his bratwurst in peace. |
| 7:14
| The game is on TV in Nashville but people don't know who Steve is in Nashville. |
| 7:21
| Remember when you hear Bolingbrookville today be the 10th caller to (312) 616-1043 and win a $1,000 gift certificate for Jacob Ruth. |
| 7:22
| Steve full intended to write another Drew Peterson parody song, Have You Seen Her, but his computer crashed. |
| 7:23
| Steve even went to Guitar Center to buy a new mic and he hates going to Guitar Center. As we learned earlier today you don't have to show your ID when you pay with a credit card. |
| 7:24
| Steve could try to do the song live because he has the lyrics. He's not sure where to come in though which Buzz feels will be fun for all of us. Maybe fun for him because Steve will screw up. |
| 7:25
| Steve needs a few minutes to figure it out but in the meantime how about some Guns n' Roses? |
| 7:26
| Song: Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Guns n' Roses |
| 7:31
| Caller Raphael (you can tell Raphael) has a quick Guitar Center story. His friend asked him to return something at Guitar Center, he had his receipt, they asked him for an ID and he showed them a souvenir Elvis driver's license from Graceland. |
| 7:32
| Steve might go to Guitar Center and refuse to show them his ID just for the phone of it. |
| 7:33
| News with Buzz |
| 7:34
| The headline of next week's Enquirer is about an alleged John Edwards love child. No further info is out there. |
| 7:35
| That's not this week though. This week Drew is on the cover but not as prominently as he'd like to be. Oprah is the main story, she doesn't love Steadman any more. Even Michael J. Fox has a bigger photo than Drew! |
| 7:36
| A tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii after an earthquake hit Alaska's Aleutian Islands. |
| 7:37
| The whereabouts of a Northern California family are unknown after they went hunting for a Christmas tree on Sunday. |
| 7:38
| That's a free Christmas tree. You can't just go cut down a tree from a forest, you got to a tree lot or a farm. |
| 7:39
| Of course if they survive it'll make a great TV movie. One family's quest for a Christmas tree, I Thought We Had GPS: The Dominguez Family Story. With Gary Sinise as Freddy Dominguez. |
| 7:40
| A woman linked to John Edwards in a cheating scandal is more than six months pregnant. That's from the Enquirer. |
| 7:41
| Students involved in the Virginia Tech massacre will get a tax exemption from the government this year. |
| 7:42
| A new survey says some of the nation's airports are great places to find love. JohnnyJett.com founder John DiScala has a few tips for making connections at the airport. |
| 7:43
| How is this a story? Steve has seen it reported on several stations over the last few days too. The airport is a miserable, godforsaken place. |
| 7:44
| The only love going on at the airport is happening in the men's room with Senator Larry Craig. You don't have to get dressed up for it either, just have a wide stance. |
| 7:45
| Minneapolis police chief Tim Dolan is apologizing to the Kang family for accidentally sending a SWAT team into their house. |
| 7:46
| The homeowner thought they were burglars and fired through a bedroom wall. Two officers were injured. Kudos to him for shooting through the wall. |
| 7:47
| How about the time Stacy Peterson accidentally shot through the floor of their bedroom into the garage. It was mistakenly attributed to Drew though. Is that enough to get him back on the cover of the Enquirer. |
| 7:48
| Mayor Daley let his emotions get the better of him yesterday while commenting on his son Patrick's interest in a sewer maintenance company. |
| 7:49
| It is possible for the mayor to not know what is son is doing since the kid is grown up. He did it after he got out of business school too. The mayor doesn't sign those contracts either. |
| 7:50
| Buzz doesn't care though. Steve can't wait for Piper to grow up and do something really bad. Then he'll put it all on Buzz. The Sun-Times is just trying to stay in business, they need to cut $50 million in expenses. |
| 7:51
| A Washington state teacher has been put on paid leave after allegedly coming to class drunk. A source claims the teacher was intoxicated on a field trip, vomited and left her kids wondering through a corn maze. |
| 7:52
| In a final uplifting note it turns out that vacuum cleaners kill fleas just as well as any poison. Can you suck the fleas right off an animal? |
| 8:00
| Bob and Ron are here, they've pulled out all of their Christmas music. To what end, they don't have a show any more. |
| 8:01
| They're still doing an Imaginecast in their apartments and they do have one Christmas song for Steve. He's only playing one song but they brought in 2 CDs worth of music. That's for Steve's home use. |
| 8:02
| Today is Alvin Lee's birthday, he was in Ten Years After. He's still alive so a reunion isn't out of the question. |
| 8:03
| It was also this week, in 1973, that a fake Fleetwood Mac went on tour. The line-up was assembled by the band's manager after Mick Fleetwood fired everyone. Steve was caught up in that whole thing. |
| 8:04
| Steve was doing weekends in Santa Maria, California. He doesn't want to say that he was a hard worker but he drove all the way from LA to Santa Maria just to do two weekend shows. He stayed at a Motel 6 every weekend and the rooms actually cost $6. |
| 8:05
| Someone at the station was asked to MC a Fleetwood Mac show for $100 which was a lot of money to him. It never occurred to Steve that it was sort of weird they'd be asking him to MC this show when they have a full on-air staff during the week. |
| 8:06
| So Steve goes over to the concert and he's in the backstage area with a band. He doesn't really know what Fleetwood Mac looks like and this was before they were really popular. |
| 8:07
| A guy comes up to Steve and says they have a bit of a problem. As it turns out this band wasn't Fleetwood Mac, these were their friends who had come to play in their place. Steve had to go out there and tell everyone what was going on. |
| 8:08
| For $100 he could still do that though. So he went out there to make the announcement that the original Fleetwood Mac line-up was sick and that some dear, dear friends of theirs had offered to fill in. |
| 8:09
| Yesterday was Keith Richards birthday and in 1979 he put out a solo single, Run Rudolph Run. It's very hard to find but it's in the Bob and Ron collection. |
| 8:10
| Song: Run Rudolph Run, Keith Richards |
| 8:13
| So happy birthday to Keith Richards. Don't we always run into a problem with Keith Richard's birthday or is it Mick? |
| 8:14
| Earlier in the year Bob had MIck's birthday wrong. Who ever cares? Mick probably doesn't care, it's his birthday everyday. |
| 8:19
| Alright Buzz, guess what time it is. Well it is 8:19 but it's also time for Meat Talk with Chef Hans of Smith & Wollensky. |
| 8:20
| First Hans has to make a statement about steroids. He patently denies every smoking sage, parsley or oregano. He did smoke rosemary once but that was a while ago. |
| 8:21
| Hans got a call from Steve's former producer Dan Falato that Luigi is completely distressed in Frankfort. Frankfort, Illinois? He lost his wallet with $1500 and his passport. |
| 8:22
| Luigi is a a chef and former co-host on Hans' Football Picks segment. Somehow Hans muscled him out. In Steve's book the Swiss accent is funnier than the Italian accent. Between the two of them we couldn't understand anything. |
| 8:23
| Some how the wallet ended up in Mexico. Someone found his wallet and it had a Carlucci's business card so he called the restaurant. The guy then Fed Exed the wallet back to Luigi in Frankfort with everything intact. |
| 8:24
| On Sunday Hans was watching the Cowboys game and he saw Jessica Simpson on TV. He didn't know at the time but last year she came to Smith & Wollensky. No phone call to Steve? She was there with John Mayer. |
| 8:25
| Jessica Simpson is from the South so she has an accent. She wanted a filet and the waitress asked her if she wanted it butterflied. She thought they meant butter fried and she said yes. |
| 8:26
| Hans' Jessica Simpson impersonation is excellent. It sounds like she's from South Switzerland. |
| 8:27
| Any time John Mayer is at the restaurant with a hot chick Hans should call Steve. He'll come right over. |
| 8:28
| Hans was wondering if Buzz has tried the filet yet. If Hans is waiting for Buzz to do something he's going to be disappointed. Aimee is supposed to be out right now buying the heavy iron skillet. |
| 8:29
| Hans brought Buzz some filets so he might use those tonight since they're not frozen. So he'll fire up tonight? That's what they say in the restaurant business right? |
| 8:30
| Does Hans watch Kitchen Nightmares? It's actually pretty good. It's way better than the other Gordon Ramsey show. |
| 8:31
| In Kitchen Nightmares he makes over failing restaurants and dresses down the owners and chefs of those restaurants who are acting like jerks. He also sort of reminds them why they got into the business in the first place. |
| 8:32
| Hans doesn't have a TiVo so he can't watch it because the Hawks game is on. We've got o get him hooked up with one of those. |
| 8:33
| Tonight is the season finale of Kitchen Nightmares. He's rehabbing a restaurant called Secret Garden. That's not a great restaurant name. They should have gone with Secret Garden in French. |
| 8:34
| Steve has some video from tonight's episode, there's mold everywhere. Hans can't believe when he sees mold in this day and age. |
| 8:35
| Steve's going to watch that tonight, then the news and then it's off to bed. No wait, he's going to the Hawks game so he'll have to TiVo it. |
| 8:36
| Buzz is trying to change his sleeping habits, he's not getting enough sleep. Steve heard a little of that this morning at 5:30. |
| 8:37
| Buzz is getting to sleep around midnight and 4 hours isn't enough sleep for him. You need to get at least 6 hours. |
| 8:38
| The Hawks made a trade today, they traded Jim Vandermeer back to Philly for someone. Hans can't remember who it is. |
| 8:39
| Savvy put the message out there that no one's job is safe on the team. That's good, they really need to get things going. |
| 8:40
| Hans had one of the refs from Sunday's game in for dinner this week. Was it that short, mean-looking fella? |
| 8:41
| Steve's looking at the Blackhawks website right now and he's seeing something that he's not happy about. |
| 8:42
| Roe Conn had Rocky and John McDonough on his show. He likes hockey now? He's still Steve's bit! |
| 8:43
| Steve's very close to having someone on the show, maybe Troy Murray. Hans can definitely get him Savvy. |
| 8:44
| Steve feels that Troy Murray would be able to speak more freely than Savvy. |
| 8:52
| Steve can't believe Roe Conn is stealing his hockey bit and Rocky and McDonough are going along with it. |
| 8:53
| Steve's been at every game since he got his season tickets. Sure he got the tickets 3 weeks ago but that's 3 weeks sooner than Roe Conn. |
| 8:54
| Mike Dahl also found some video in the Comcast archives of Steve and Garry, as Puckheads, talking to Jim Blaney. |
| 8:55
| Live read: Allen Brothers |
| 8:56
| We've got a band coming up in a few minutes, Hello Dave. Buzz is familiar with them. They're playing at the House of Blues with The Nadas. |
| 8:57
| Apparently The Nadas are too cool to come in though. That's OK, Steve might be looking for a new band. Hello Dave is local so Steve won't have to drive out to Iowa and get a speeding ticket to rehearse. |
| 8:58
| He also won't have to put them all up in a hotel room when they're here for Dahlfins shows. That really cut into Steve's profits. |
| 8:59
| Alright Hello Dave is here. That's Mike and Mike. One of them lives all the way up in Rogers Park so he'll need Steve to put him up in a hotel. |
| 9:00
| The last time Steve rehearsed with The Nadas they mentioned they had jammed with Hello Dave. They were apparently bummed that Steve didn't ask them to be the Dahlfins. |
| 9:01
| Right away Steve thought that maybe he should ask Hello Dave next time around. Have they ever been to Des Moines? When you're in downtown Des Moines on the weekend all the parking is free! |
| 9:02
| Steve's never heard Hello Dave but they sort of have a mountain man look. They look like guys who sell grilled cheese sandwiches at Phish shows. |
| 9:03
| Hello Dave isn't a jam band but they can jam or do anything else. From time to time they do run into Ron at Phish shows though. |
| 9:04
| It was a little frustrating to drive all the way out to Iowa and then have The Nadas tell Steve that a band in Chicago wants to be the Dahlfins. |
| 9:05
| So it's Hello Dave, The Nadas and a band called Domestic Problems. When Steve first saw the line-up he thought The Nadas were having domestic problems. |
| 9:06
| Hello Dave performs Golden. |
| 9:10
| Steve likes when they throw down the minor chords. It's not easy to sing in the morning though is it? |
| 9:11
| The next song is something tropical, Biminy. That's in the Atlantic though. It's near Florida, right Captain Buzzy? |
| 9:12
| Buzz has many Captain Buzzy stories but Steve's only heard the ones with the dolphins. |
| 9:13
| Buzz was out sailing on a 30 footer with his friends, he was the captain. He saw a school of dolphins and decided to jump off the boat and swim after them. |
| 9:14
| Buzz failed to realize that his friends couldn't sail and they boat took off without him. Eventually someone figured out how to drop the sail and he was able to get back to the boat. |
| 9:15
| Hello Dave performs Biminy. |
| 9:21
| Hello Dave, The Nadas and Domestic Problems will be at the House of Blues on Saturday. Doors open at 7:30 and the show starts at 9:00 so people will be nice and hammered and stupid before Hello Dave takes the stage. |
| 9:28
| A couple of Hello Dave notes Buzz. First Pete was working Hello Dave for tickets to their show on Saturday. He's always acting like he doesn't want anything from the show but there he is trying to get $12 tickets from them. It's embarrassing. |
| 9:29
| They were asking Pete if he was going to the show and if he needed tickets which he doesn't. He already talked to Jason from The Nadas. So he's working The Nadas for tickets. |
| 9:30
| Steve can't wait for his meeting with Todd after the show today. Steve likes Todd though. He has a place in Montana and if Todd every invited him, Steve would go. There's going to be an unspoken awkwardness when he brings up Hello Dave. |
| 9:31
| It probably won't like an issue but it's funny to think of Todd listening because he doesn't like anything unfamiliar. |
| 9:32
| Steve didn't mean to invite himself to Montana though. He likes that Todd goes to Montana also. |
| 9:33
| So Pete's working The Nadas for some tickets, even though he acts like he's above that. Janet was ordering some egg nog from Oberweis and got a quart jug for Pete. |
| 9:34
| The milk man forgot the quart jug but it's for the best. No matter what Steve does or brings in, Pete would still rather drink his gas station egg nog. |
| 9:35
| Remember when you hear Bolingbrookville today be the 10th caller at (312) 616-1043 and you'll win a $1000 gift certificate for Jacob Ruth. |
| 9:36
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 9:37
| Song: Bolingbrookville, Steve Dahl |
| 9:41
| So we gave away the $1,000 Jacob Ruth gift certificate right there. You can sit in the comfort of your own home and buy some high-end jewelry. |
| 9:42
| Don is the winner but Brendan doesn't want to give his last name. What if he's buying a Christmas present for his wife. That's what we do here, we respect the listener's anonymity. |
| 9:43
| Steve's still working on another Drew Peterson parody but his computer completely crashed on him. Steve can try to do a little bit of it live but it shouldn't be that hard. He'll get to it after the break. |
| 9:44
| Steve was changing some of the lyrics to the song to fit Drew but eventually realized that the original lyrics are good on their own. |
| 9:45
| It's not laziness either, but that's certainly a factor. Buzz feels that it's rare to find a song that'll fit your needs like this. |
| 9:52
| OK, on to the song. The audio is coming out of Steve's computer very distorted. This is his back-up so he's not sure if some settings need to be changed. |
| 9:53
| Steve has no idea what the problem is but it doesn't sound good at all. He could probably just read the lyrics, an a cappella rendition. |
| 9:54
| It starts with some harmonizing and then the spoken word intro. Steve can't do the intro and harmonize though. |
| 9:55
| Then they talk a little more at the end, that's the Chi-Lites. They're from Chicago. Buzz actually knows one of the Chi-Lites. |
| 9:56
| Is he still alive? Because they had a death in the group recently. If he's still alive how great would it be for that Chi-Lite to sing with Drew? |
