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| 5:33
| Yeah that's REO Speedwagon and Keep on Lovin' You, a great little song. That's the point in REO's career where they started ripping themselves off. |
| 5:34
| It also sort of sounds like Bread's I Would Give Anything. Nobody sings Bread like Steve. It's just what everyone wants to hear at 5:30 in the morning. |
| 5:35
| Steve doesn't like the imagery in Keep on Lovin' You where the woman is coiled up in the grass like a snake. There's also a hissing sound. Steve doesn't think of women as being snakes. Men are snakes because they have a you-know-what. It's snake-like. Sometimes Steve's is mushroom-like sadly. |
| 5:36
| Steve doesn't think he sang I Would Give Anything properly so he'd like to pull up a sample of it from iTunes. He needs to open iTunes though so in the meantime he will say that the toilet seat in the Green Room is still too big. |
| 5:37
| It doesn't take that much time to fix a toilet seat but it's a union job so it'll take a while. Why do you need a hard hat to install a toilet seat? |
| 5:38
| Yes Steve has his own bathroom up here. He's very big on the land grab up on the 10th floor. He has a lot of real estate actually. He's got Adam's office now, plus the newsroom which is subleted to Buzz. He just needs to get John Valenta out of his office and he can really put up a nice development. |
| 5:39
| Going from the studios Steve has the Green Room with the bathroom. Steve went in there today and he couldn't believe the toilet seat was still too big. But he felt guilty about that because people are probably finding out they have cancer. |
| 5:40
| Steve has the sample of I Would Give Anything. It's not that close but close enough. |
| 5:41
| Does Buzz want to start a Bread cover band? No, but he doesn't mind listening. Steve could be the lead singer, his Bread is very good. Steve thinks he would sound even better without a cold. Buzz has to say no to the band but he'd be at all the gigs. |
| 5:42
| How does Steve know the words to all these Bread songs?! He used to have to play all these songs when he was working for a top 40 radio station. It was right around the time that Bread was popular. |
| 5:43
| How great would a Bread cover band be called? They could call it Toasted Bread. Count Buzz in then. Or how about Soggy Bread? |
| 5:50
| Even The Simpsons like Bread, c'mon Buzz. Buzzy I'ma want you, Buzzy I'm a need you. |
| 5:51
| Steve was listening to a Potbelly's commercial yesterday, they have hidden things in their restaurants for you to look for while you eat. It's like a game to play. That'll be something for Steve to do while he eats. He doesn't like to eat and read. |
| 5:52
| What if you were eating a sandwich and dripped some oil on your newspaper? You'd obliterate your sandwich and then where would you be? |
| 5:53
| Steve probably wouldn't eat a sandwich at the restaurant though, he'd just bring it back to the office. Let's be honest, he would send someone out to get a sandwich and then he could eat it in his office. |
| 5:54
| Buzz finds himself eating out alone sometimes. Is he holding court in the corner of a restaurant or something? Steve doesn't usually eat in any sort of carry-out place. And to be honest he'd rather eat all food at home. |
| 5:55
| That restaurant scene is not for Steve. People watch him eat. He's self-conscious already and then there are people watching him eat?! |
| 5:56
| Tyrone's checking in with some traffic. Tyrone sure predicted a nightmare yesterday and he stayed inside. If it's white out he doesn't stay out. |
| 5:57
| Tyrone has Barack Obama in the back of the choptater by the way. He's bringing him back from the debate in Cleveland. They've been up all night, they have a nice lakefront in Cleveland. |
| 5:58
| Barack's campaigning because everyone over 18 can vote. Bars are a good place to campaign. He's sleeping right now but Tyrone can wake him up. He'll talk for 20 minutes though, you can't stop him. It's all about the hope and the dream and blah blah blah. Tyrone's heard it all before. |
| 5:59
| It's sort of like having a kid and hoping he'll fall asleep in the backseat. With the engine sound and the whir of the blades he went right out though. But otherwise he talks and talks and talks. He drops all his g's too to make it seem like he didn't go to Harvard. It sounds more down home. |
| 6:00
| Don't you want your President to be able to say G though? What up G?! Before Tyrone forgets why he's here, on 294 north a car spun out near Ogden. It's blocking some lanes so look out. |
| 6:01
| There is some black ice out there today so look out. Tyrone spoke to Barack about the term black ice, he'd like that to be change. At least African-American ice but he'd prefer something else. The ice is being profiled. It's crystallized-water profiling. |
| 6:02
| Tyrone's coming up on Barack's house right now. He's got a nice side yard for the choptater to land in. His wife got that land from some guy named Tony. |
| 6:03
| Tyrone's hoping that if Barack becomes President he'll get to fly the big choptater. He's qualified to do it because of his military training. Barack probably won't let him do it though. Tyrone is a registered sex offender. She was two days from turning 17. Two days! |
| 6:04
| Alright, good to hear from Tyrone. Don't forget today when you hear the Blackhawks goal horn, be the 10th caller at 616-1043. You'll win a pair of tickets to see the Blackhawks host the Anaheim Ducks next Wednesday at 7:30. |
| 6:05
| That's where Steve drops the puck before the game. Tonight it's Eric & Kathy which is very exciting. They're also being labeled radio icons. Steve's not using the term though. He feels their puck drop a week before his just cheapens it. |
| 6:06
| Steve feels bad for Ramblin' Ray though. He saw him today before the show, he was trying to help him read the paper. It's kind of cute watching him read though. |
| 6:07
| There's an article about beard cultivation in the paper. That's an article? Steve probably could have written an article about beards as a vice though. |
| 6:08
| Why couldn't they make a movie about gay lumberjacks instead of cowboys. You've got "jack" right in the name, you've got Pendelton shirts. Although Steve did recently watch 3:10 to Yuma and he could get through that alright. |
| 6:09
| Steve thought that was a really good Western. Buzz liked it but he wasn't sold on Russell Crowe's 180º at the end of the movie. Then Buzz had to go back and watch the original and compare the two. He felt like a film scholar. |
| 6:10
| The ending of the remake was sort of far-fetched but it's less far-fetched in the original? Steve doesn't really remember the original, he'll have to get it. Russell Crowe and Christian Bale are very good in the remake though. |
| 6:11
| Plus it looks great on Steve's TV because it's from the Comcast HD On Demand. Buzz really needs to check that thing out. The way his TV is set up with the TiVo he can't get that on his TV. If Steve doesn't mind him saying it sounds like he has a bad rig. |
| 6:12
| Steve only recently discovered On Demand and now it's all he watched. Last weekend he watched all 10 episodes of The Tudors. That's why he's wearing the regal robe and giant ring that he tried to get Buzz to kiss. |
| 6:13
| The original 3:10 to Yuma is really good though, plus it's got Glenn Ford. Steve likes Glenn Ford too. His favorite movie of his might Fate is the Hunter, that's sort of an underappreciated movie. |
6:14
| Buzz didn't know Steve was such a Glenn Ford aficionado. When he was in private school they used to have movie days the day before any vacation. If you got good grades you got to watch a movie on that day so whatever they showed really stuck with Steve. |
| 6:21
| Brokejack Mountain, about lumberjacks, would have been much better. It's just not right to do that to cowboys. Steve hasn't seen Brokeback Mountain and he doesn't want to. It's not like he's against gay things though. He loved Wicked, he was charmed by it. |
| 6:22
| Steve knows that stuff went on out west, in the bunkhouses. But let's leave it in the bunkhouses. Steve knows what goes at truck stops but he doesn't need to see a movie about it. It's bad enough truckers pass on the right. |
| 6:23
| Alright it's time for today's web poll. Yesterday's poll was, of course, "have you ever taken a trip by train?" 73% of the people said yes. That seems about right. Steve's taken a trip by train, on the so-called Amtrak Bullet Train. |
| 6:24
| Today's web poll question is "would you pay $25 for a bottle of water out of the 'Trump' minibar." That's the mini-bar at the new Trump Hotel in Chicago. |
| 6:25
| Terry's Toffee, a boutique toffee company on West Grand, has been picked as the only Chicago-made treat in minibars at the hotel. A boutique toffee company? Who even has the nerve to say that about themselves? |
| 6:26
| Owner Terry Opalek says it's sort of like being nominated for an Oscar. This article doesn't say if Terry is a guy or a girl. Steve's guessing it's a guy. He does love toffee but apparently he's not rich enough for this stuff. |
| 6:27
| Also featured in the minibar, Knipschildt truffles from New York, Fever-Tree ginger ale from England and Trump bottled water? How about some Coke and Diet Coke? |
| 6:28
| The most expensive item in the minibar is Bling H20 from Tennessee. Tennessee? Apparently they're known for their bottled water. |
| 6:29
| Caller John wanted to let Steve know that Terry is a guy. Did Steve's impersonation of sound close? The toffee is that good though. John was laid-off so he can't get Steve any toffee. |
| 6:30
| Does John want to open a rival toffee shop right across from Terry's? Steve and Buzz will back him. He got the recipe before he left right? |
| 6:31
| The Bling H20 goes for $25 a bottle. Of course that's a Swarovski Crystal-encrusted bottle. Who would want that other than hip-hop guys. Those guys need to save their money or else someone needs to pay them less. |
| 6:32
| The water comes from a spring in the middle of 120 acres of virgin forest in Tennessee. How about a virgin in your minibar? Paris Hilton feeds the water to her dog. That doesn't seem like a great way to sell the water to people. Would they be more inclined to drink it because she feeds it to her dog? |
| 6:33
| Buzz just learned that Paris Hilton is worth $250 million of her own earnings. Kudos to her. It's all because of that tape. Must people hadn't even heard of her before that. |
| 6:34
| When construction began on the hotel Terry Opalek decided he should see about getting something into that hotel. But then they called him and he sent a box of toffee over. Just a box? Keep 'em wanting more. |
| 6:35
| Steve's getting sick of people calling Trump The Donald. He's a borderline loser anyway. How can you fail at a casino in Atlantic City? Plus he's had all kinds of problems here with his condo. He seems like a jerk too. |
| 6:36
| The Donald tried the toffee and was extremely impressed. The hotel hoped to include more stuff from Chicago but a lot of it has a short shelf life. Garrett's Popcorn was going to make a special blend for them but it only has a shelf life of 2 or 3 weeks. |
| 6:37
| Just as Steve suspected the stuff in minibars doesn't get changed very often. Do you really want a 2 or 3 week old candy bar? That's a huge difference in candy bars. Buzz remembers getting boxes of Baby Ruth and Butterfingers sent to the station, fresh from the factory. They were like nothing he'd ever tasted. |
| 6:38
| It seems like you'd want to have all Chicago stuff in the minibars but whatever. It's just Terry's Toffee, a boutique toffee shop. Buzz doesn't even know what boutique means. He sees boutique amps, what does that mean? Are they dressed up. |
| 6:39
| A boutique is a small store selling fashionable clothes or accessories. It's also a small business that serves a sophisticated or specialized clientele. Steve does like toffee though. He likes it so much that whatever amount of toffee is there, he eats it. |
| 6:40
| News with Buzz |
| 6:41
| There was no clear winner in last night's Democratic Debate but experts agree that Obama's momentum was not slowed down. Meanwhile the IRS will be investigating Barack Obama's church. Don't think the Republicans aren't doing that. That's how they roll. |
| 6:42
| Plus on the debate last night there was some connection between that church and Farrakhan, which Tim Russert brought up. That Tim Russert is good, he grilled both of them. |
| 6:43
| Buzz was expecting a blow-up from Hillary. Barack did a lot of eye-rolling at Brian Williams though. Hillary did do one weird thing where she wanted to know why she always gets the first question. |
| 6:44
| Then she launched into some thing about the SNL skit from last weekend about the media being in love with Barack. Most people probably didn't get that reference so it seems like a weird one to make. Does Pete have that handy? |
| 6:45
| It wasn't that awkward, it didn't go on for very long. But it seems like she was expecting a laugh from it. Maybe she needs someone to get out there and warm up the crowd first. How about Bill, he loves Cleveland. |
| 6:46
| John McCain is apologizing for comments made by a Conservative radio host at one of his rallies. Conservative? Doesn't Buzz mean nut job? Radio host Bill Cunningham repeated referred to Obama using his middle name, Hussein. |
| 6:47
| Steve forgot Hussein was his middle name. He had it totally wrong in his blog, he thought the guy called him Barack Osama Obama. He's going to leave it in his blog because it's funny that he's that uninformed. |
| 6:48
| If Buzz was running for President he'd be using that middle name all the time. Don't think the Republicans didn't know what that guy was going to say on stage either. Then Cunningham goes on his show and breaks bad on McCain just to throw people off. |
| 6:49
| Buzz doesn't really get what McCain is apologizing about though. Don't think it wasn't a coincidence that this happened on the same day as that photo of Obama in African garb was released. |
| 6:50
| Plus everyone thought the Clintons were the one who released the photo. It's genius. The Republicans are the jocks and the Democrats are the geeks. And they're getting swirlies now. |
| 6:51
| An Alabama father who threw his 4 kids off a bridge last month is being charged with Capital Murder. |
| 6:52
| You soon won't be able to light up in many bars, restaurants and enclosed spaces in Mexico. Lighting up could land you in jail for up to 36 hours. You do not want to be in a Mexican jail, take it from Steve. |
| 6:53
| The day you can't go to a bar in Mexico and light up a stogie, the world has changed to Buzz. For the better for Steve. The creepiest thing Steve saw on those trips to Mexico is the people sitting in those cigar rooms. |
| 6:54
| A Congressional hearing is taking place on the disparities between sentences for crack versus powdered cocaine sentences. Steve would sell powder, you make more money with it. |
| 6:55
| Valerie Bertenelli was on Larry King Live last night talking about her new book. In the book she confesses to cheating on Eddie Van Halen and doing cocaine. She says the overeating was worse than the drugs though. Now she's starting up her own diet food company after being fired from Jenny Craig. |
| 6:56
| She says the food tasted better than the coke felt. Steve disagrees with that, it's just flat out not true. She can say that if she wants but it's wrong. Do we want to know all that about her? Steve feels bad for Eddie now. |
| 6:57
| Kirstie Alley is the one who's starting her own diet company. She got fired from Jenny Craig, probably knocked out by Valerie Bertenelli and that weird-looking Jillian Barberie chick. Why does she need to do the weather before football games on Fox? It's football, they play no matter what. She looks like a dude too. |
| 6:58
| A Northwest suburban podiatrist has been charged with exchanging prescription drugs for sex and taping the encounters. Steve thought he'd dive right into this story after the break. Buzz also has some Drew Peterson stuff to brighten Steve's day. |
| 7:02
| That's the SNL skit there were they're catering to Obama at the debate. She was probably hoping to bring attention to her but it went lead balloonish. |
| 7:03
| Steve has reassessed his position on who put out the Obama photo and who put the IRS on Obama's church. It was the Clinton's. The Democrats still have a lock on the IRS and they probably know where all the good photos are. |
| 7:04
| Why would the Republicans waste their time on that now, they have their candidate. And they can trot out that Cunningham guy too. |
| 7:05
| Caller Bill wanted to let Steve know that candidates have a choice about how they want their names displayed on the ballot. Barack's full name is on there which was surprising. Steve would have gone with Barack H. Obama but Hussein could pick up the cab driver vote. |
| 7:06
| Bill won tickets to a Jimmy Buffett show. Will Drew be there? He'll probably be up in a box, away from everyone else. |
| 7:07
| Caller Mark wanted to let Steve know that the Jillian Barberie weather reports are probably for all the gamblers out there. They like to know what the weather is like in New England to help them make their decision. |
| 7:08
| Steve sees Mark's point but he also wouldn't want to make a gambling decision based on someone with man hands. Mark won a gift certificate to L-Woods, home of the falling microphone cake. Isn't there a photo of the cake on Buzz? |
| 7:09
| There's a photo of Steve with the cake but no photo of Buzz and the cake. No one took one because we thought he'd be mad about it. Everyone knew the cake was going to fall, it was made of ice cream. |
| 7:10
| The North Suburban podiatrist charged with exchanging prescription drugs for sex and filming the encounters is being held on $50 million bail. |
| 7:11
| A Schaumburg man was arrested after police found a frozen brick of peanut butter laced with hashish. Was he trying to invent a new candy bar? |
| 7:12
| Drew Peterson's lawyer, Freckle Face Grape, is back in court. Everyone knows it's Freckle Face Strawberry but Drew's going with Grape. |
| 7:13
| Peterson is trying to get his personal possessions back. He needs his Denali, he can't be driving around in that minivan. It's costing him a fortune to rent it. |
| 7:14
| Drew had the motorcycle but then Stacy's dad took it back from him. It's not Drew's fault she ran off with another guy. |
| 7:15
| Stacy's friends and family are promoting a fundraiser coming up this weekend to help find Stacy. It's going to take a lot to find her, she could be anywhere. The fundraiser will be held at 115 Bourbon Street. They have a great line-up appearing at the event. |
| 7:16
| Is Buzz playing? He's not sure how he missed it. Steve Dahls got an email asking if he was available but he had something else going on. |
| 7:17
| Drew's never heard of any of those bands, they're not going to make any money. He's going to have a show for himself with Journey, REO and Little River Band. Those are Stacy's favorite bands. He'll hold the show over the summer though. |
| 7:18
| Drewstock will be 3 days of love and music and they'll raise money for something. Maybe for looking for her, maybe for putting her kids through school. By then it could be for a defense fund, if things go bad. Drew just wants to have a concert, it's a great way to meet broads. |
| 7:19
| Drew's going to be on the Today's Show tomorrow. He's not sure if he'll be here or flying in, you'll have to tune in to find out. |
| 7:20
| Did Buzz see the other Drew article? Loved ones continue to look for Stacy and don't want Drew to forget her. It's been nearly four months since she went missing but her friends and family have not lessened their resolve to find her once winter releases its hold on the area waterways and fields. That's beautiful, like Walt Whitman. |
| 7:21
| Volunteers work tirelessly to get the word out, handing out flyers with information about Sunday's fundraiser. A website dedicated to Stacy still remains active. |
| 7:22
| Neighbor Sharon Bychowski says that when the snow is gone they'll be right back out there looking for Stacy. Drew rues the day he ever moved next to that broad. Talk about hating your neighbors. |
| 7:23
| Bychowski and family spokesperson Pam Bosco held a news conference at Bychowski's home. They have dueling press conference houses. |
| 7:24
| Bychowski plans to put a sign in her yard that says "Where's Stacy?" Drew's going answer every sign with his own sign. He knows where Kinko's is, he can make a "How do I know?" sign. |
| 7:25
| Peterson has not participated in any searches for Stacy and maintains she left him for another man. |
| 7:26
| Bychowski also wants the women who have been visiting Drew lately to get a good look at Stacy's photo. Did Buzz hear that? The broads have been visiting him. There's one woman who has been visiting him often but he won't call her his girlfriend. He told the Tribune "so many girls, so little time." |
| 7:27
| Drew didn't even need Steve's damn Dating Game. So screw you! |
| 7:28
| Larry Craig is taking applications for internships at his Capitol Hill office. The job description says interns will have a chance to be an "essential part of a working congressional office." In the men's room. |
| 7:33
| Live read: Chicago White Sox |
| 7:34
| This is the first year in a while that Steve wouldn't have to skip work to go to Opening Day. He's never skipped work to go though, he couldn't justify it. He might have done a few broadcasts from there though. |
| 7:35
| Pat Boyle is on the phone. Steve has so many different Peanut Butter themes but he's got a cold and he's not in the mood to hear any of them. |
| 7:36
| Buzz is surprised Pat is back from the Land of Disney. It was only a 4 day trip, that's all they allowed him. |
| 7:37
| Pat's kids are 1 and 4 so they won't remember anything from the trip. The 4-year-old might remember something bad that happened though. |
| 7:38
| Pat's daughter has a thing about elevators so every time they got in one she had to make sure it was OK to ride in. At an airport in Philly she got stuck alone in an elevator for about 15 minutes. |
| 7:39
| She did get to do a meet-and-greet with the Disney Princesses though. She got a little autograph book and autographs from all of them. It's like how adults follow certain athletes. |
| 7:40
| Pat got passes from Disney for the whole family from ESPN. It was him and his wife and kids, and some in-laws. His wife's parents are based in Florida. |
| 7:41
| Pat was probably glad to come home then. He needs to get back and do those Comcast updates. Was there any attraction that Pat enjoyed? |
| 7:42
| It's really hard to enjoy any of those rides for Pat since he's tall and gangly. He's worried he'll fall out of the ride. Steve remembers riding on Space Mountain with a young Matt Dahl, worried he'd fall out into the darkness and die. |
| 7:43
| Disney has these things called Fast Passes, they allow you to bypass long lines for rides but you can only do one ride at a time. You put your card in and then spit out a time frame for you to come back. |
| 7:44
| Steve's love of good parking might have developed at Disneyland when he was growing up. At Disney World you have to park somewhere and then take a boat or a bus or a train to get to the park. |
| 7:45
| The best parking lot in the world for Steve is Dodger Stadium. The light posts are baseballs with numbers on them. It's beautiful and spacious. |
| 7:46
| How about some sports? The Hawks made some minor trade deadline deals, they traded Tuomo Ruutu and Marty LaPointe. Steve was told yesterday by a caller that Marty LaPointe was a captain but that caller might not have known what he was talking about. |
| 7:47
| Steve wasn't crazy when he said he didn't see any players wearing C on their jersey. They rotate captains every month based on a team vote. So now it's Patrick Sharp. |
| 7:48
| Pat got an email from someone with in the Blackhawks organ-i-zation and they wanted him to convince Steve to wear the sweater for the puck drop. They want him to commit to the Indian. Steve was thinking of wearing a short skirt and high heels for the puck drop, how does Buzz feel about that? |
| 7:49
| Steve will wear the sweater but he'll need to see the final edit of that video the Hawks shot for the scoreboard. It was the day after the Comcast Awards, his guard was down and at one point he implores the audience to boo him as loud as they can just to get it out of the way. He doesn't really want that on there. |
| 7:50
| They didn't trade Khabibulin, his back issues probably didn't help his trade value. They were going after Brad Richards, he's a big name player but he vetoed the deal. Who is he? Steve doesn't claim any knowledge outside of Chicago. |
| 7:51
| Brad Richards is on Tampa and he won a Stanley Cup with Khabibulin. Steve does know that, he's working on it. |
| 7:52
| Dale Tallon didn't look too happy in that press conference yesterday. It looked like someone had just killed his dog. |
| 7:53
| Steve's excited for Eric & Kathy tonight but it's also why he doesn't want his own night. He likes to see people struggling outside of their element. Buzz doesn't think they're icons but they're part of icon fever. |
| 7:54
| Northwestern beat Michigan last night, it was their first Big Ten win in over a year. NIU played but they lost. It's good they played though. |
| 7:55
| The Bulls are in Indiana tonight. Amazingly they're only 2 1/2 games out of the playoffs. But they've got a coach who doesn't care if they lose as long as they played hard. He's like a soccer mom. Here's a juice box and a Kit-Kat, now go do your homework. |
| 8:00
| Time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Steve and Buzz had chalupas yesterday. Buzz couldn't stop thinking about it all day yesterday. Steve's pretty sure that was his first chalupa. You wouldn't forget your first one. |
| 8:01
| Today is Sauce Packet Wednesday. People send in Sauce Packet ideas but usually they're too long. |
| 8:02
| Steve got an email from a guy who usually misses the Taco Bell segment and can't call in with his idea. So he's probably not hearing this then? |
| 8:03
| The emailer thought Steve would be able to take the idea and make something of it. That's up to the listener, Steve just wants to take the idea and steal it. This guy's idea is "Ketchup is Dahl, get hot sauce for a Buzz." |
| 8:04
| Why would Steve want to associate himself with "dull"? The guy goes on to say that he doesn't mean to imply Steve is dull but he knows he's sensitive about this stuff. So he's saying Steve is thin-skinned? |
| 8:05
| Emailer Karil's idea is "Squeeze me, I'm hot." There you go, that's a good one. |
| 8:06
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 8:07
| Guess what time it is Buzz? He's going to guess Bob and Ron. They've been in Pete's studio since last Wednesday because Steve didn't properly say goodbye to them or play their song. They were just waiting there on standby, at the ready in case Steve needed to go to them. |
| 8:08
| You know why, because Steve got them paid. He averted the Bob and Ron strike that threatened to cripple the industry. Hence why they've been waiting in that studio all week, just in case. |
| 8:09
| Already they seem snappier. They've had a week to work on it and have elevate themselves up to their C game. |
| 8:10
| It's Bob "The Bear" Hite's birthday, he was in Canned Heat. He was also huge. |
| 8:11
| It's also Brian Jones' birthday, he was in The Stones but a lot of people forget about him. When Brian Jones left the band Ron gave up on him. He was probably 1 1/2 when that happened right? Those were probably his first words "I'm totally done with the Stones." |
| 8:12
| Some people think he was murdered although the official word is that he was drunk and drowned in a pool. Brian Jonestown Massacre is a band. They've been around longer than Brian Jones was in the band. |
| 8:13
| Charlie Watts believes that Jones being kicked out of the band eventually killed him. Steve can see that, he started the band. And when he was kicked out they were on their way to prominence. |
| 8:14
| Steve knows his pain, he was kicked out of his band too. Bob and Ron stopped listening to Black Creek once they kicked Steve out. He played many instruments for the band, guitar, bass, Melotron, sitar, pan flute. |
| 8:15
| It's also George Harrison's birthday today, he was the quiet Beatle. He also played a little sitar in his time. Anyone can play sitar, there's a lot of opening tuning. |
| 8:16
| Bob and Ron selected Savoy Truffle for their song. Steve's not hearing the vocals on it though and he's not sure if it's just the studio monitors. He doesn't want to chance it. Turns out it's a bad CD, way to go Ronnie. |
| 8:17
| Ron must have crossed up their wires or something. And Steve just started to pay them! Bob thinks they'll have to bring in a turntable. That is not a solution to Steve. |
| 8:18
| Steve sort of wants to hear Savoy Truffle now but we might not have that song in our library. It's not on iTunes either. |
| 8:19
| Steve's gotten himself into a jackpot. There are people listening to the stream and the radio that say they can hear the vocals. Can Steve take a break? Part of him just wants to end this now but then Bob and Ron will stay in Pete's studio for another week. |
| 8:24
| Alright good news, Steve happens to have The White Album in his possession. You know why, because he's Mr. Music. Plus he's never without The White Album. |
| 8:25
| Would Ron like to set the track up again? It sounded like Ron was going to need to get paid extra for that. They worked that out in their contract, 3 facts every week, any more than that and they get paid 33% more. |
| 8:26
| Steve's CD of The White Album has the same problem so it's The Beatles. All of the speakers around here are only in one channel, it's a cockamamie set-up. |
| 8:27
| The Beatles are very tricky with their audio anyway. They used to release LPs with the vocals on one side and the music on the other of stereo but then The Beatles got tricky on their own. |
| 8:28
| Steve doesn't know what to do because some people say they song sounds fine and some people say they can't hear the vocals. Steve should have just played it and kept his mouth shut. |
| 8:29
| Steve doesn't have Bob and Ron's CD any more so he can't even play something else from it. It might come as a surprise to them but Steve doesn't save their CDs. He likes to sail them into the garbage. This CD is probably in the back of Brendan's head. |
| 8:30
| Ron suggests another George Harrison song, Piggies. Piggies is stupid, we're not stoned. How about While My Guitar Gently Weeps? Steve hopes to God this plays right, he's on cold medication and he doesn't know what might happen. |
| 8:31
| Song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, The Beatles |
| 8:35
| That's a good song right there. Eric Clapton on lead guitar too. Steve will get to the bottom of why Savoy Truffle sounded weird. It's not Ron's fault though, it sounded that way on The White Album too. Steve's pretty sure they didn't master The White Album out-of-phase. |
| 8:36
| So Bob and Ron can leave now, they'll take all of their possessions with them including their hot plate. Then they're off to walk their dogs. They haven't walked any dogs yet? How do the dogs hold it for that long? |
| 8:37
| People walk their dogs in the mornings and then Bob and Ron come in the afternoon. Dogs can hold it for as many hours as they are months old, up until 12. Dogwalkers are completely unnecessary, it's just yuppie guilt. |
| 8:38
| 15 years ago there were no dogwalkers. Dogs aren't that hard to take care of. Steve wishes his sons were that easy. |
| 8:39
| Ron thinks it's good to get the dogs out there and let them do their sniffing. Steve knows that a dog can smell 10,000 times as much as we can. So imagine the best thing you can smell times 10,000. That's why they like to sniff so much, once they find something they stick with it. |
| 8:40
| Caller Guy is a lawyer. Is he calling because he's suing Steve? Guy was actually a sponsor at last year's Crosstown Broadcast at Yak-Zies. He's not a sponsor any more, he got so much business off that one show. |
| 8:41
| Thanks to Steve Guy hired Bob as his dogwalker. He's actually priced above market. He puts premium on his skills because he's Bob from Bob and Ron's Record Club. |
| 8:42
| Dogs like Bob because he's like a dog. He's like those guys who cover themselves with mud and live with the wolves. |
| 8:43
| Guy seems like he'd be a good lawyer, he never revealed how much Bob charges, only that it's above market. So it's either ridiculously high or ridiculously low. |
| 8:49
| That Savoy Truffle sounded wrong to Pete right? Steve's sorry for all that confusion but it sounded weird in the studio. Steve couldn't hear the vocals so he had to go with that. |
| 8:50
| Although While My Guitar Gently Weeps sounds fine and it's off the same album. This is going to cause the engineer to stand outside the studio all day and stare at Steve. |
| 8:51
| Here he is now, he's just staring at Steve. Does he look like an electron? At least he laughed this time. As long as he laughs that's fine. |
| 8:52
| Live read: DeVry |
| 8:53
| Buzz is a sailor although he claims he's not depending on how difficult the question is. There was the time that Captain Buzzy was sailing a boat with his friends. He spotted some dolphins and jumped into the water, leaving his friends to fend for themselves. |
| 8:54
| A Captain should never abandon ship but he did. Dolphins like to swim at the front of the ship because they know people won't jump in. But when the boat stops the dolphins skeedaddle. |
| 8:55
| Although Buzz jumped off the boat while the sails were still up. He needed that running start to catch up with them. Steve imagines Buzz in a |
| 8:56
| So Buzz is a maritime expert. DId he see the video of the dive boat and the sharks? |
| 8:57
| The leader of a shark tour whose customer was killed by a shark was warned about his practice of letting people dive too close to sharks. |
| 8:58
| Neal Watson, president of the Bahamas Diving Association told CNN that he implored Jim Abernathy to stop his practice of cageless shark dives targeting dangerous species. |
| 8:59
| In the excursions dead fish and entrails are used to attract sharks and bring them close. So chum and then cageless diving? That doesn't seem like a good idea? |
| 9:00
| Yesterday they were showing video of what looked like the body being brought onto the boat and one of the guys kept doing this arm gesture that looked like he was making a T. It must be some maritime signal for danger or "shark just ate client." |
| 9:01
| Let's say hi to Ed Farmer, voice of the Chicago White Sox. He thought maybe that guy on the boat was trying to spell out "Tiger Shark." Ed's seen that arm gesture in Jaws, the sheriff was doing that. |
| 9:02
| The Sox have their first Spring Training game today, Denks is starting for the White Sox against the Rockies. He hasn't seen the line-up yet but he's thinking Swisher will start in center. |
| 9:03
| If you can play center in spring training you can play it anywhere. It's big, you can't really see the ball come off the bat and usually there aren't clouds that you can see the ball stand out against. |
| 9:04
| Ed heard that Steve was disappointed with the direction the Sox were going in the offseason. Steve doesn't recall that. At some point he realized that things were getting out of hand with Torii Hunter so he didn't want him. He wouldn't have minded Johan Santana though. |
| 9:05
| Steve will be at opening day though but he's not sure who he's taking. Maybe Buzz but they might have broken up by then. |
| 9:06
| Last year on the first spring training day Ed's engineer didn't show up. He hasn't heard from him since. Does Ed have an engineer lined up for today though? |
| 9:07
| A troubling thing has been happening when Steve watches the sports. They show the intrasquad game and the camera is behind the backstop. They're at field number for but it looks like the 4 is actually on the field. It's a bizarre optical illusion. Can Ed have the numbers removed from the backstops? |
| 9:08
| What about the Joe Crede situation at third base, how is that going to play out? At the Fan Fest this guy waited and waited until the very end of a Q & A with Ozzie, Ed and Kenny Williams to ask a question. |
| 9:09
| His question was "if Joe Crede is at 100% will Jerry Owens make the team?" and Kenny said, definitively, no. Then the guy grabbed his stuff and left. |
| 9:10
| Ed felt bad for the guy, it seemed like he wanted more of an answer from Kenny. Although it seems like that settles it doesn't it? |
| 9:11
| The game won't be on TV this afternoon but it'll be on The Score. Maybe Steve will listen to that and take a nap. He used to fall asleep when he was a kid listening to Vin Scully. |
| 9:12
| That sounds like a perfect afternoon to Steve. Workout, lunch meeting, then home for baseball and a nap. Then he'll come back for the Hawks game. |
| 9:13
| Steve invited Todd to the game tonight but he had a dinner he can't get out of. Todd's like a girl, always washing his hair. He always has those excuses. |
| 9:14
| Steve will just take Matt Dahl, it's his turn. He likes to take the boys because they've been to games with him and they know how everything goes. Steve just likes to sit there and watch the game. |
| 9:15
| Plus it's Eric & Kathy Radio Icon night. Buzz still doesn't think they're icons. Mike North is an icon, even Eddie & Jobo. Of course Buzz's definition of an icon would be a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something. What are they a symbol of, bad music? They're a symbol of mediocrity. |
| 9:16
| Eric was at a Hawks game a few month ago and all of these girls were excited to see him. Meanwhile they're standing next to Steve and they don't know him. Of course Steve's face hasn't been plastered on a bus for the last 10 years. He's been here for 30 years though. He's an icon. |
| 9:17
| Buzz doesn't even think Spike O'Dell is an icon. He's definitely not an icon. He's just a grave marker for Bob Collins. That is an awesome thing to say, hopefully someone tells Spike Steve said that. It's mean but awesome. |
| 9:18
| Steve won't be booing Eric and Kathy although he might boo Spike O'Dell. He doesn't represent anything although neither do they. They have a New Year's Eve show with their favorite band and then talk over their favorite song. |
| 9:19
| In Steve's head he has it that they were talking over their favorite Train song but it wasn't. After the next break Steve will play the drop from that New Year's show, proving him wrong. They were still talking over their professed favorite band though. |
| 9:20
| That's a nice little New Year's special they put together. It's either that your you can go to ABC with The Joker, Janet Davies. Buzz can't be mean to Janet because she went out of her way to be nice to him once. This is why Steve doesn't like to meet people. |
| 9:21
| The next time Steve sees Janet he'll probably recalibrate his feelings about her and that will last for a little while. |
| 9:29
| Remind Steve of the circumstances of that drop. It was the Janet Davies New Year's Spectacular and Mark Giangreco called in sick. How do you call in sick to a TV show? |
| 9:30
| He must have thought better of appearing on the show. He should have just said no in the first place, you can't just call in sick and leave Janet hanging there. Steve feels bad for her when he hears that. Luckily she had Lou Canelis to go to. |
| 9:31
| Lou Canelis?! He's a nose passing as a man. Steve feels bad for Janet every time he hears that tape. She probably had to dance all by herself or with a cellphone. |
| 9:32
| She was married to that weatherman Steve Deschler. Then he went on to become a bodybuilder. He was already pretty big working as a weatherman. We might need to do some testing of weathermen in the city. |
| 9:33
| Steve's not sure what's going on with Tom Skilling but he's ballooning. Maybe it's all the pressure of his brother being in prison. Plus one of his interns was involved in that NIU shooting. Steve knows he shouldn't talk but people expect him to be fat. |
| 9:34
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:35
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 9:36
| Alright it's time for Meat Talk. Steve and Chef were at the fancy dinner on Sunday. It's a fancy dinner with no point but it's fun. |
| 9:37
| Hans is like Buzz Jr. he won't talk until he gets the sponsorship out. It's smart though because if Steve starts talking he won't shut up and you'll never get the sponsorship out. |
| 9:38
| Poor Buzz had to step into the breach yesterday as Steve was closing out the show. That could have gone bad though, it's like Russian Roulette. Buzz would rather gamble on Steve's mood than face Mary with an unread spot in his hands. |
| 9:39
| At the dinner Hans was complaining that Steve wasn't doing the cowbell enough. It wasn't Hans, it was all the people who call him wondering where the cowbell is. Steve probably gets calls too right? |
| 9:40
| Is that one call or two about the cowbell? One is probably a wrong number though. |
| 9:41
| Hans would like to say something about Tom Skilling. His mom just died as well. So is Hans trying to say "back off"? Steve gets unsettled when he sees Tom unsettled. He needs his constancy. |
| 9:42
| Steve feels like Barack Obama saying he dismissed Farrakhan's endorsement. Is Steve supposed to do that with his last Tom Skillet hunk? |
| 9:43
| Hans needs to get Tom to start eating better. And he knows he's no good example. Radio is an overeaters paradise. Steve only says it because he worries about Tom, it seems like he's hurting. |
| 9:44
| Steve loves the weather at noon though, he could watch it all day. He's not sure who else is watching it though but it seems like old ladies because of all the ads for Rascals. |
| 9:45
| How does Chef like Steve's Tom Skilling impersonation? Between that and his Chef Hans that could be a play. |
| 9:46
| It's been a fire drill morning for Hans today. One person is on a snowmobile vacation and the second-in-command got sick. Did he call in Patrick Bertoletti as a reserve? |
| 9:47
| Hans offered Patrick the chance to come into the restaurant and learn some things. On Sunday while Patrick was talking to Hans he told him the steak at Harry Caray's was the best he's ever had. |
| 9:48
| Hans wasn't offended but Steve was offended for him. Hans has learned how to take it and he can give it pretty well too. |
| 9:49
| So Hans is short-handed at the restaurant. And he's got a wine dinner for 20 people tonight. For $100 you get steak and wine. That's nothing! Plus you get shrimp, lobster mashed potato and baked Alaska. Do the lobsters mash the potatoes? |
| 9:50
| Hans will not be at the game tonight, he can't make it. Will his girlfriend be there at least? |
| 9:51
| As Steve said last week his favorite part of the game is when Chef's girlfriend bends over to give him a kiss. Last week she was sweatered up though. Did Hans have something to do with that? |
| 9:52
| She didn't do anything wrong though, Steve's the one being inappropriate. It just that there are so many dudes at those hockey games. |
| 9:53
| Hans thinks Steve should wear the cowbell to the Hawks games. That doesn't seem like something Steve would want to do. Everyone would know where he was all the time. |
| 9:54
| Hans explains that cows wear bells so that when they're up in the hills the farmer knows where they are. Really?! Steve just thought they liked bells. |
| 10:02
| Steve never got to the story about the podiatrist but with $50 million in bail he'll probably still be in jail tomorrow too. |
