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| 5:33
| That'd be your Heart right there, not that Steve has to tell Buzz that. That's Crazy on You, also something Steve doesn't have to tell Buzz. |
| 5:34
| Steve was involved in the Heart phenomenon back in the mid 70s. He was working at a station in Detroit and he's pretty sure Payola was involved but he can't prove it. |
| 5:35
| Maybe it was legalized Payola. The station would run commercials for bands and then play their songs right away. A lot of them were for weird bands like Starcastle. For those of you who don't remember Starcastle, no one does. |
| 5:36
| There was a guy named Shelly Siegel who owned Mushroom Records, Star Castle's label. According to Ann Wilson, the song Crazy on You was written under the influence of mushrooms. It's also featured in the videogame Guitar Hero II. |
| 5:37
| The station Steve worked on had a lot of $4 concerts and Steve introduced Heart on stage. He had aspirations of bagging both sisters but he didn't get either of them. |
| 5:38
| Heart left Mushroom to go to a real label. Steve's not sure if that was even legal, there might have been some lawsuits. But then Shelly Siegel had a brain aneurysm and died. |
| 5:39
| One of the sisters, Nancy, is married to Cameron Crowe. Buzz thought Ann Wilson had that gastric bypass surgery but he might be confusing her with Carnie Wilson. |
| 5:40
| That gastric bypass seems to work at first but most people figure out how they can eat more. It's less food, more often. That's a great name for a morning radio duo. |
| 5:41
| So nothing happened with Steve and Heart. He left the show and went to drown his sorrows in a Coney Island chili dog. |
| 5:42
| Steve set his alarm for 3:30 this morning because of the weather forecast of 6-10 inches. He woke up and could still see his driveway. They got a lot of rain and slush up North but Steve had nothing. |
| 5:43
| They're still staying the snow is coming though. How can they be that wrong? They said it was supposed to know overnight while everyone was sleeping. IF Steve and Buzz were that wrong in their jobs they'd be fired. |
| 5:44
| Maybe they are that wrong but they make it cute. Buzz won't cop to being that wrong. Between Steve, Buzz and Mark someone has to be right. Usually it's Mark. |
| 5:45
| Steve feels Mark set Buzz up with that Indonesia stuff yesterday. Steve never sees Mark so consequently he forgets to invite him to things. Then Mark gets in a snit about it even though he usually can't make it anyway. Mark makes it out for the big things, the dinners. He shows up and throws down some wine snobbery and then him and Ed get into it. |
| 5:46
| Mark put three sentences on his page about Indonesia knowing it would be enough for Buzz but not enough for Steve. He still doesn't know what it means. Steve got sick of the coverage last night. |
| 5:47
| Steve played softball with Tom Allen, who was running for Cook County State's Attorney. He didn't win though. |
| 5:48
| Steve did go vote, he was on the only one there. He had the full attention of all the ladies and the dude who was there. Steve feels the ladies were excited to see him. |
| 5:49
| Steve also had the option of using the electronic machine, which he did. Then they give you a little credit card to vote on and a Stylus in case you don't want to touch the dirty screen. Although then you're just touching a dirty stylus. |
| 5:50
| Steve read somewhere that an election judge was handing out stylus pens and telling people they contained invisible ink. So a bunch of people voted but weren't counted. |
| 5:51
| Twenty voters at a Far North Side precinct who found their pens didn't work were told by election judges that it was invisible ink. Of course their votes weren't recorded. |
| 5:52
| Judges were trying to track down the 20 voters. How are you going to do that? Maybe they'd see the story on the news and comeback. Although if you're stupid enough to believe you're using invisible ink you're probably not watching the news. |
| 6:00
| Caller Paul has some information about the State's Attorney TV commercials. Steve voted for Anita Alvarez because she's so hot. |
| 6:01
| Steve keeps forgetting to read the web poll results after 9 everyday. He doesn't know where the time goes. One minute he can't believe it's time to start the show again and the next minute Buzz is out the door. |
| 6:02
| Steve doesn't eve know where Buzz goes everyday. Buzz probably doesn't know either. He could stick around though, maybe come up to the office and talk to Todd Cavanah. |
| 6:03
| Steve doesn't want to say this because he knows Jeff Schwartz is listening but he was pretty unstable. When the talent is talking the program director off the ledge, that's not good. As it turns out Steve was the most stable person at WCKG. |
| 6:04
| Todd is good at dealing with talent, probably from his years working with Eddie & Jobo. Plus he's really into the research stuff, which is helpful. |
| 6:05
| Don't get Steve wrong, he loves Jeff Schwartz. But he can't spend his time talking the program director off the ledge. |
| 6:06
| Drew was just as unstable but he wasn't ever going to jump. He just wanted to take everyone else down with him. Drew could come in and tell you that your ratings are up but it would still sound bad. |
| 6:07
| Today's web poll question is "did you vote yesterday?" Getting back to what Steve was talking about the invisible ink. Pam Zekman reported on an incident at a polling place in the 42nd precinct in the 49th ward. |
| 6:08
| Who would think that a stylus had invisible ink in it? Where does the ink come out, it's just a single piece of molded plastic. |
| 6:09
| Steve got to sit down while voting, that's where it's at. For such an advanced democracy as ours, we don't have seated voted everywhere. |
| 6:10
| The people at Steve's polling place couldn't be nicer. He could have stayed there all day but they only let you vote once. |
| 6:11
| Investigators had reached 6 people who voted with the stylus last night to inform them of the mistake. |
| 6:12
| This reminds Steve of the time he ran for State Senate. He followed all the proper procedures to get on the ballot. |
| 6:13
| A lot of people wanted to vote for Steve but the election judges threw their ballots out. That seems illegal. |
| 6:14
| Steve called TV stations, newspapers, anyone he could think of and no one cared. |
| 6:15
| Then there was that voicemail from that mean election judge which Pete will probably play after the break. |
| 6:16
| By the way, this whole thing with the invisible ink happened in Rogers Park. Did Pete do any research before he moved up there? Or did he just get off the train when he had to go to the bathroom. Pete was not one of the people who voted with invisible ink. |
| 6:17
| Anita Alvarez is on CLTV right now, she's so hot. There's no way Larry Suffredin's not wearing a toupee right? |
| 6:18
| Buzz doesn't think it's a toupee. At the very least he's dyeing his hair right? His hair is 50 shades darker than his beard! |
| 6:19
| So there you go Pete, another great reason to live in the RP. |
| 6:26
| Steve talked to a ton of listeners who tried to vote for him but had their ballots torn up or whatever. |
| 6:27
| Even people at the station didn't care. You'd think they would because it seems like good publicity. |
| 6:28
| Steve thinks he'd make a good politician. There's not enough money to bribe him plus at some point he thinks he'd do the right thing for honor. |
| 6:29
| Had Buzz been on the show he would have been outraged about the whole thing. Instead it was Dave McBride who didn't care enough to stop doing the raves. |
| 6:30
| Fresh FM stole our newspapers this morning but Tina got them back. Where do they get off stealing our newspapers? Why do they even newspapers? There's no one talking on the air, it's just some idiot in a knit cap playing Alanis Morissette songs. |
| 6:31
| Steve calls up to the office. Maybe when they answer the phones they could say who it is because Steve can't tell the difference between Tina and Stephanie. |
| 6:32
| Tina is not here though but the two times that the Fresh FM people have stolen the newspapers they told Tina they were just trying to help. |
| 6:33
| Tina went to Au Bon Pain, was that for Steve? Steve didn't want anything but he does now. Can he get some bread and butter? |
| 6:34
| Tina and Stephanie sound alike to Steve. He walked by Stephanie today and she smelled nice but he wasn't sure if he should say something. |
| 6:36
| Steve doesn't normally smell Stephanie but the wind currents were going in a certain way. |
| 6:37
| Live read: Millennium Park Garages |
| 6:38
| As you know parking is very important to Steve. Buzz's wife speaks very highly of the Millennium garages. They're very nice, sometimes Steve likes to just drive around in there. |
| 6:39
| Steve always recommends the Millennium garages for Bears games because there's a shuttle to Soldier Field. The buses even get to drive on a secret road that runs along the railroad tracks. That road beckons to Steve all the time. |
| 6:40
| Steve feels that a lovely tribute to his 30 years in Chicago-besides police lights on his car, a siren and one of those things that changes the traffic lights-be access to that roadway. He wants police privileges, automotively speaking. He doesn't want to carry a gun or enforce the law. |
| 6:41
| Styluses or styli are both acceptable plurals of stylus. Steve thinks styli sounds better. |
| 6:42
| News with Buzz |
| 6:43
| The Chicago area is still under a winter storm warning even though there's no snow by Steve. They're still saying we could get up to a foot by noon today. |
| 6:44
| Steve was looking at the radar last night trying to be proactive. He kept zooming out on the map and trying to find the storm. He's not a certified weather reporter like Brant Miller but it didn't look that serious. |
| 6:45
| John McCain and Barack Obama both won Illinois. Obama won 12 other states but Hillary took the lead in the delegate count. |
| 6:46
| Buzz was mesmerized by Obama's victory speech last night. Obama is a true believer and he's putting everything on the line. It sounds like Buzz is in love, just in time for Valentine's Day. |
| 6:47
| Steve does have some school closings to report. They're calling it a late-arriving storm but Steve feels it was misforecast. |
| 6:48
| Heavy snow is expected to begin falling after 9 am so it won't affect the morning commute. It will affect the afternoon commute though. |
| 6:49
| Steve and Buzz only read the funny school names that are closed. Abbott Middle School is closed, that's named after Bud Abbott. Academy of Our Lady is closed. That's only funny if you think it's named after the Styx song. |
| 6:50
| Alan B. Shepard High School is opening late. That's the school where it's OK to wet your pants. |
| 6:51
| Big Foot High School in Walworth is closed. Buzz can't believe there's a Big Foot High School. What is their team logo? |
| 6:52
| Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent for Christians. |
| 6:53
| A judge has issued a restraining order against Britney Spears' bodyguard, Sam Lufti. There's some document has from Britney's mom that's pretty good. How did Buzz get that, is he a Spears family insider? |
| 6:54
| Today is also Hash Wednesday, Bob and Ron are coming in. Also, enjoy some corned beef hash. |
| 7:01
| Live read: Fresh Diet |
| 7:02
| Steve was on Balance for Life for many years. Then they were bought out by Fresh Diet. Steve liked Balance for Life but Fresh Diet is 400% better. The food is better, the packaging is better and it comes with a menu. Psychologically that's much better. It makes you feel like you're at a fancy dinner just for you. |
| 7:03
| For lunch today Steve's having a roast turkey whole wheat wrap with avocado and spring lettuce. |
| 7:04
| So it's Hash Wednesday and Buzz recently got sent some Wagyu beef corned beef hash. |
| 7:05
| Buzz liked it but sadly he prefers the stuff from the can. He likes a corned beef has that tastes and looks and smells like dog food. |
| 7:06
| After having the Wagyu hash Buzz got a jones for corned beef hash so he asked Aimee to pick some up for him. |
| 7:07
| Aimee came back with two cans and by that he doesn't mean a toucan. One was low fat which Buzz found interesting. Steve's surprised he didn't throw the can at her. |
| 7:08
| Corned beef hash is full of sodium and fat and it's in a can so you can't eat it that often. But one night recently Buzz had nothing to eat so he opened the corned beef hash. |
| 7:09
| Buzz's daughter had never seen corned beef hash and she couldn't believe he was eating it. It could be dog food or cat food though. |
| 7:10
| It looks like dog food until you heat it up. Buzz used to take the time to heat it up in a frying pan or brown it in the stove. Sometimes he puts an egg on it depending on his move. |
| 7:11
| Steve likes corned beef hash but someone else has to prepare it for him. The Allen Brothers have never sent Steve any corned beef hash so for him the best he's ever had was at Wolfgang Puck's in Vegas. |
| 7:12
| Steve could go for some hash right now and he's not talking about Bob and Ron. That's the last thing he needs. Buzz wouldn't mind some either, he ran out of trail mix bars. |
| 7:13
| Buzz could get more but he doesn't know where Aimee gets them. He could probably just go downstairs to the lobby and get one of the hundreds of trail mix bars they have at that store down there. They might even have Buzz's preferred Sawdust and Raisin's brand. |
| 7:14
| Back to Buzz in the news room. Sad news from the Netherlands, the Maharishi has passed away. He introduced transcendental meditation to the West. |
| 7:15
| Last week we learned more about the Maharishi and transcendental meditation when that guy called in to explain the meaning of The Beatles song Across the Universe. |
| 7:16
| Steve would like to try transcendental meditation but so far no one has followed up with him. He'd prefer to learn from a woman who's nude. |
| 7:17
| Caller Marty wanted to let Steve know that the Wolfgang Pucks at O'Hare serves the corned beef hash. |
| 7:18
| The restaurant has cloth napkins but plastic forks and knives. They don't want you taking them on your flight. Who are we protecting ourselves from? |
| 7:19
| Authorities in Florida believe they've cracked the case of the Terminally Ill Bandit. |
| 7:20
| New research indicates that marijuana smokers have an increased risk of gum disease. Steve tries not to look into Bob and Ron's mouth. |
| 7:21
| Steve's not sure about Ron but he gets the feeling that Bob hasn't brushed his teeth in years. When you start with the drugs your hygiene probably goes out the window. |
| 7:28
| That's Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Did that even come out yet? Or did it come and go? Buzz never saw it because there were a lot of movies out at the time. |
| 7:29
| Steve likes to wait until movies are on DVD. Although he joined Netflix and hasn't watched a single movie yet. |
| 7:30
| Steve watched 20 minutes of The Hoax which is about the guy who wrote the fake Howard Hughes biography. |
| 7:31
| Buzz has always been fascinated by Howard Hughes, ever since he first heard about him in the 60's. |
| 7:32
| Buzz thought he knew everything there was to know about Howard Hughes but then he saw a documentary about him. There were always mentions of Hughes doing drugs but one doctor interviewed said that he was in so much pain after his plain crash that he had to stay on drugs. |
| 7:33
| But Hughes was such a genius that he came up with a combination of drugs that allowed him to live until he was 70. Steve would like to say that about himself. |
| 7:34
| That might interest Steve. But he gets 3 Netflix movies everyday and sends them back immediately. The only one he hasn't sent back is Outing Riley, which Buzz has. |
| 7:35
| Pete hasn't grabbed the audio from that movie yet because he gave the movie to Buzz. Steve doesn't remember that part of the plan. Wasn't Pete supposed to grab the audio first and then give the movie to Buzz? |
| 7:36
| Pete remembers talking about the whole plan on the air. Is he admonishing Steve now? Is Steve being admonished by a guy who doesn't have a car and lives in Rogers Park. |
| 7:37
| Steve doesn't even want the audio any more, he's sick of himself. He still hasn't seen his part in Outing Riley and he doesn't want to. |
| 7:38
| A few weeks ago when Steve played one of the Jack FM show promos on the air it took him 2 weeks to recover. |
| 7:39
| Steve's going to open up the Mailbag. Tuesday February 12th is Pancake Day and IHOP has free pancakes from 7 to 10 pm. It's hard to beat that. |
| 7:40
| The next emailer wanted to let Steve know that they sell a Peanut Butter Jelly Time on the Family Guy website. |
| 7:41
| No on to a long, masterpiece email. The subject line is "nothing specific" and it was sent to HeyWhatsUp@dahl.com. Automatically that indicates a certain lack of connection. It's 1500 words at least. |
| 7:42
| The emailer has been meaning to write since the show started on Jack FM. They hadn't listened for a while because the show wasn't on at a time they could listen and frankly it wasn't that good. |
| 7:43
| They listened to a few short segments last year, at the end of broadcasts on Fridays. It was obvious Steve was anxious to get out of there so the content was lame. |
| 7:44
| The emailer liked listening to the music on Jack FM in the morning while they're getting their blank together. Nothing like a little Eddie Money or Def Leppard to help you get your blank together. |
| 7:45
| When the listener heard Steve was coming to Jack they gave him the benefit of the doubt and listened. But the show still sucked. |
| 7:46
| Then they read Steve's bio and couldn't believe it said he was a radio icon. Does it say that? Steve didn't write his own bio. Isn't he an icon though? |
| 7:47
| Now when getting ready in the morning he has to sync up several radios throughout the house. Why not just get a whole house system? Something tells Steve if you're spending this much time writing letters to him you don't have the wherewithal to get a whole house system. |
| 7:48
| The emailer can't believe that Steve schmoozed his way into the only decent radio station. Plus the Sunday morning show couldn't suck more. That's Acoustic Sunrise or something. |
| 7:49
| After he continued to listen he noticed one day that Steve's demeanor changed and he was funny again. Steve doesn't recall doing anything different. |
| 7:50
| The emailer says the morning timeslot is Steve's timeslot. Why not just say that?! |
| 7:55
| Live read: Pro Flowers |
| 7:56
| Steve just sent his mom some flowers for her birthday. |
| 7:57
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:58
| Snow reports are coming in, they've got snow in Schaumburg right now. SNOW TOTALS ARE COMING IN! The snow will probably screw up the afternoon commute. |
| 7:59
| Steve recommends getting a hotel room downtown and getting drunk tonight. |
| 8:00
| Bob and Ron are here for Hash Wednesday. Bob mentions you can get corned beef hash at the Paulina Meat Market. |
| 8:01
| Steve's involved with the Paulina Meat Market, they might become sponsors. Steve's supposed to go up and check it out. |
| 8:02
| Steve sort of wants to go up there today. Will he get free meat? Bob's going to meat him there. |
| 8:03
| The last thing Steve needs is Bob and Ron showing up, that'll kill any deal. |
| 8:04
| Steve calls down to Adam's office. Did he agree to go up to the Paulina Meat Market? Usually Steve remembers the stuff he agreed to do for free. |
| 8:05
| There's a promo running for that event at G Boutique but it doesn't say who's going to be there. It's Brendan but for some reason it's a secret. |
| 8:06
| Steve wouldn't mind the G Boutique thing though. It seems like he could make that work for him on a Friday night. |
| 8:07
| Steve will go up to the Paulina Meat Market though. They're going to buy a lot of commercials right? Can Steve wear a butcher's coat and cut something with a band saw? |
| 8:08
| How are the travel mugs going? Adam's still working on the color, he's got silver and red. Steve only wants silver, no one wants a red travel mug. |
| 8:09
| Steve's been experimenting with those Brugo mugs but it's counter intuitive to tip your coffee over like that. |
| 8:10
| How are the mugs selling? Adam thinks there are only a few dozen left. That's pretty good. The other day Tina got a mug order from someone demanding a centered logo. |
| 8:11
| Steve calls up to Tina. She thought she was rude when she got the papers back from Fresh FM but she shouldn't worry. The guy said he was just trying to help by bringing the papers in. |
| 8:12
| So Tina got an order from someone who wanted a hat, shirt and mug and demanded that the logos were centered and not flawed. Are known for our flawed logos? |
| 8:20
| It's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. It's Sauce Packet Wednesday today. Steve has a good idea for a sauce packet for Buzz "cold today, hot tamale." That's not an actual packet though, just an idea. |
| 8:21
| Buzz was concerned, he thought he'd have to consult his attorneys. Steve's pretty sure that joke is in the public domain. |
| 8:22
| Steve's looking at the Paulina Meat Market online, he's definitely going up there. Brendan can have the underpants store. At least the Paulina Meat Market is a sure thing. Steve can for sure walk out of there with a sausage. |
| 8:23
| Alright, back to the Knucklehead Patrol with Bob and Ron. Steve feels their song selection is unusual. |
| 8:24
| Does Steve need to do a double clear with Bob and Ron? Did they clear Pete? Was it disgusting? Steve imagines there's stuff Bob needs cleared out that's been there for 20 or 30 years. |
| 8:25
| It's Al Cooper's birthday this week. He sort of lucked his way into Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone and discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd. |
| 8:26
| It's also Alice Cooper's birthday this week, he was in a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday, the Bridgestone ad. Steve doesn't remember that one. He remembers Richard Simmons but not Alice Cooper. |
| 8:27
| Alice Cooper was in the street, Ron thinks he was eating a snake. It has to be a snake, he never goes anywhere without it. |
| 8:28
| Tomorrow we celebrate the beginning of the Chinese New Year and it's the year of the rat. Isn't it always the year of the rat? |
| 8:29
| Today's song is from a Wolfman Jack album. Steve feels his Wolfman Jack is right on but we'll see. He always had the reverb on. |
| 8:30
| Song: Chinatown, Wolfman Jack |
| 8:33
| That's an interesting song. Steve will have to make sure to tell Todd Cavanah that we played that song so he doesn't put it back in the rotation. |
| 8:34
| Steve really liked Wolfman Jack. He even read his biography. He was in American Graffiti too. |
| 8:40
| Steve forgot he did a good Wolfman Jack. There's not really a call for it these days since he's dead. That never stopped Elvis though. |
| 8:41
| Live read: Pro Flowers |
| 8:42
| It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time with Pat Boyle. Steve's working on making that song a theme for Pat. A music bed will liven things up. |
| 8:43
| Steve's hosting the Comcast Sports Awards on Monday. That's live on Comcast too. |
| 8:44
| Steve and Pat are apparently doing something on Monday. Mike Liederman is producing the show and apparently he has nothing else to do because he's focusing a lot of time on this show. It's helped Steve put it all together though. |
| 8:45
| Mike is insisting that Steve and Pat work out some sort of bit. Steve doesn't have a bit to work out though. |
| 8:46
| Normally people are worried about Steve being the loose cannon but it seems like Comcast thinks Pat is the loose cannon. They want to know what he's going to say. |
| 8:47
| Pat's been told there's no delay on the broadcast either. Steve doesn't need a delay, he's a professional broadcaster. Who knows about Pat though. |
| 8:48
| If Pat can think of something for them to do that's fine but Steve can't think of anything. |
| 8:49
| Steve's not going to break bad about any of the teams because he'll get his season tickets pulled. He doesn't need that. He doesn't have Bulls tickets but if he said something bad about them Reinsdorf would probably pull his Sox tickets. |
| 8:50
| Pat's introducing the Bill Wirtz segment so they want to keep him no the straight and narrow. |
| 8:51
| If they're this worried about Pat they must also be worried about Steve and he just doesn't hear it. |
| 8:52
| Pat's got some Michael Strahan audio. That guy needs to shut up. Steve likes him and all but he needs to stop. |
| 8:53
| Although yesterday Strahan did something that was pretty interesting. It's also something that will come back to haunt him if he continues to play in the NFL and ever plays the Patriots again. He'll be chop blocked. |
| 8:54
| Steve would like to see the NFL hold the Pro Bowl in the week between the conference championships and then Super Bowl. |
| 8:55
| That Sunday in between is brutal. They'd have to just stipulate that the Super Bowl players won't be in the Pro Bowl. It's just a walk-through anyway. |
| 8:56
| It's funny to Steve that Comcast is worried about Pat Boyle being a loose cannon. |
| 8:57
| The Bridgestone tire ad does feature Alice Cooper. A driver swerves around Cooper but then appears to speed up when he sees Richard Simmons. |
| 8:58
| The driver then swerves at the last minute. That's a little too subtle for Steve, especially through a guacamole haze. |
| 8:59
| Steve was in quite a guacamole haze on Sunday but it wasn't as bad as Jill and her mom when they were in Mexico. They ate so much guacamole that they passed out and turned green. |
| 9:00
| Jill is still our promotions director, she made the move to Jack FM as well. She must have told them that she's part of a package deal with the show. Kudos to her. She must have taken some time off because Steve hadn't had to do any really complicated promotions lately. Or maybe she's changed her ways. |
| 9:01
| Buzz once had the pleasure of seeing someone pass out face down in a bowl of guacamole. It was the wife of his gourmand friend. She got really drunk and just went face first into the guac. |
| 9:02
| Steve likes Jill though, she's done good things for him. The best thing she did was getting those guys out of the backstage area at a Dahlfins show. |
| 9:03
| The show was at North Beach in Downer's Grove. It went from a rock club to a hip-hop club and at some point several guys decided to come into the backstage area and start playing pool. |
| 9:04
| Steve didn't want to get involved in getting them out of there so he grabbed a manager. He asked the guys to leave but they said they were going to finish their game first. Luckily Jill was there and she kicked them out right away. |
| 9:05
| That was also the night that Pete got the Czerniec's to drop him off. That probably added an extra hour and a half to their trip but Pete still claims it's not out of the way. |
| 9:06
| Steve would have left Pete there to his own devices. He gets really drunk on the weekends. Pete's giving up beer for Lent actually. |
| 9:07
| Pete holds it all back during the week, he lives a monastic life. Then on the weekends he becomes a monster. |
| 9:08
| Pete's another guy who violated Steve's backstage area. He was back there giving him a back rub after one show. How many beers does it take for Pete to get touchy-feely? Usually 3. |
| 9:09
| News with Buzz |
| 9:10
| The Chicago area is under a winter storm warning until 6 pm tonight. We could get between 6-10 inches in Chicago with more near the Illinois-WIsconsin border. |
| 9:11
| This is the snow we were supposed to get overnight but according to the weather people the storm was late-arriving. Steve's pretty sure a storm wouldn't do that. They have nothing else to do, it's not like they can be late. |
| 9:12
| Mitt Romney (Steve likes to call him glove) could announce today that he's dropping out of the election. |
| 9:13
| Hillary and Barack are almost even in delegate counts and will now focus on weekend primaries. |
| 9:14
| Anita Alvarez won the Democratic primary for Cook County State's attorney. Jim Oberweis will replace Dennis Hastert after he retires. |
| 9:15
| Two election judges on the Southside duked it out at a polling place. And then there were the styluses with the invisible ink in them. |
| 9:16
| Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. For many it's a time of reflection and repentance. It all leads up to Easter Sunday. It also means the end of Mardi Gras. |
| 9:17
| The mother of Britney Spears has made some serious accusations against her daughter's friend Sam Lufti. Among other thing she's claiming he drugged Britney. |
| 9:18
| Britney is now of course on a 14 day psychiatric hold. Steve has the document, as recommended by Buzz, and it's really good. He just hasn't had time to read it. |
| 9:26
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 9:27
| Chef Hans is here for Meat Talk. This segment is brought to you by Fresh Diet. They have a website but Chef wouldn't know about that because he doesn't have email. |
| 9:28
| Steve learned that when he was trying to contact Chef Hans last week about that Blackhawks Alumni dinner. Apparently the only way to contact Hans is through Brendan. |
| 9:29
| Hans said something to Steve a few weeks ago about coming to the dinner and saying a few words. Hans of course likes to get up and talk and maybe tell a few off-color jokes. |
| 9:30
| But on Monday Steve wasn't sure if he should go. He tried to get a hold of Hans and see if the event was get-outable but couldn't reach him. |
| 9:31
| Steve didn't want to disappoint Chef so he decided to head to the dinner. He got there at 7:20, after the dinner had started. Steve didn't have any money to give the valet to keep his car in the front. |
| 9:32
| Hans was waiting for Steve in the lobby so he was glad he came. Steve immediately asked Hans for $25 to tip the valet and the coat check girl. |
| 9:33
| Halfway through the pork chop Steve found out he was the featured speaker. He stopped eating immediately and began to focus his thoughts. |
| 9:34
| It's a mixed crowd and Steve sort of feels like an interloper because he's only had his tickets for a couple of months. The room was laid out weird in that it was a rectangle and Steve was in the middle. |
| 9:35
| Hans thought he did a great job though. Four or five calls came in the next day and everyone said he did a great job. |
| 9:36
| Now Steve knows what the Blackhawks Alumni are all about. They help kids with college and promote hockey. |
| 9:37
| So now Steve can join the Blackhawks Alumni as an Associate Member. That's the last time Steve speaks for free though. |
| 9:38
| They need more women in the group though, it's a sausage fest in there. They can do that on the down low too. |
| 9:39
| Steve has some actual meat questions if Hans would like to do an actual Meat Talk segment. |
| 9:40
| The first emailer is very concerned about his food intake and wants to know the best steak to order in terms of caloric intake. Hans would say a totally trimmed filet, 4, 6 or 8 ounces, grilled with near salt or your own seasoning. |
| 9:41
| Then steam some vegetables and there you go. Hans isn't just a Chef, he's a doctor. You can also have a trimmed sirloin but that's not as tender. |
| 9:42
| The next question concerns Wagyu beef which is U.S. raised Kobe beef. The emailer wants to know if the average cooker at home, with a gas broiler, can cook Wagyu without ruining it. |
| 9:43
| You can cook the Wagyu in an iron skillet, you can use a gas grill or charcoal grill, you can use a broiler. As long as you know how to cook it you can do it. You want that broiler to be hot, up to 500º |
| 9:44
| The last emailer is looking for the proper way to cook a brisket. His father-in-law had a kick-ass way to cook it but then he passed away. |
| 9:45
| You can boil a brisket and then roast it but Hans prefers just to roast it. Put some salt and pepper on there and then some celery and carrots and parsley in the pan along with some white wine. |
| 9:46
| Buzz is coming to Smith & Wollensky for Valentine's Day this year. Steve can guess what Buzz is going to have based on the choices. |
| 9:47
| Steve was going to say crab cakes and then filet for two but Aimee will not order the filet, she'll get snapper. Then Buzz will order a steak for himself. He's going off the reservation. |
| 9:48
| Aimee will probably want the fondue for 2 but Buzz prefers the banana sundae. |
| 9:54
| Live read: Woodfield Mall |
| 9:55
| Buzz has the results of Heath Ledger's autopsy. He died of acute intoxication brought on by the ingestion of 6 kinds of prescription drugs. |
| 9:56
| Those drugs were oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine. Isn't hydrocodone also Hillbilly Heroin. Steve knows that alprazolam is Xanax. |
| 9:57
| Caller Bill takes oxycodone, that's Vicodin. Bill takes it for his back pain. Oxycotin is |
| 9:58
| Caller Scott is a pharmacist. Oxycodone and oxycotin are similar. Hyrdocodone is Vicadin. Diazepam is Valium, Steve knew that. |
| 9:59
| Temazepam is Restoril, that's a sleep aid. Heath Ledger must have really needed to get to sleep. |
| 10:00
| You can accidentally overdose on that stuff if you build up a tolerance to anything. |
