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| 5:30
| This is probably Steve's least favorite theme, it sounds like he and Buzz are in Brokeback Mountain. Buzz does think it's a little too easygoing. |
| 5:31
| This music would be great for the Brokeback Mountain musical, which Steve will not be seeing. No person on earth has the power to drag him to see that. He has nothing against people being gay, just people messing up cowboy movies. He's very close to cruising forest preserves himself, just for the crazy sex. |
| 5:32
| Steve was watching the 3:10 to Yuma remake and he half expected those two to go at it. The only time Steve wants to hear "I just can't quit you" in a Western is John Wayne talking to his horse. |
| 5:33
| Steve's sure some of that stuff went on with cowboys, out on the range, homo on the range. |
| 5:34
| Steve probably would have participated if he was a cowboy back in those days. He'd want to be a top but if he was a bottom so be it. It's just like a prostate exam, gone bad. |
| 5:35
| Steve got a lot of emails about the jam session yesterday with Tony Joe White. Tony might want Steve and Buzz to join his band. |
| 5:36
| We're getting a correction about Brokeback Mountain, someone called in and told intern Caitlin, who told Mary. Why didn't she put the caller on hold? We talk to people on the air, we don't tell Mary who then tells Steve. Is Caitlin doing her own show out there? |
| 5:37
| Apparently the guys in Brokeback Mountain were sheep herders. That's the first Steve has heard of it. If that's true they should have been having sex with the sheep. |
| 5:38
| We need to get it out there that they were sheep herders and not cowboys. Steve used to work in Bakersfield which was a sheep herding community. |
| 5:39
| Steve's just breaking the new intern in. He has to lower expectations and show them that it's really all about getting Steve sandwiches. How is Caitlin answering phones on her second day? |
| 5:40
| We have two interns here today if Buzz needs anything. All told we have 3 interns who all happen to be cute girls. Steve told Adam that he'd like to see some some African-American men, Hispanic men, maybe someone in a wheelchair, he wanted it to be like a Benetton ad. |
| 5:41
| But some how we ended up with three cute white girls with no disabilities, none that we're aware of at least. Maybe one is missing a spleen but we don't know. Sadly with the current state of the human resources Steve and Buzz are not allowed to give the interns the thorough physical exams like they used to. Steve told HR they didn't have jurisdiction over him because he's an independent contractor but they said they did. It's preventative, he's just trying to help people! |
| 5:42
| Adam did a good job with those interns, Steve should probably call him. He might have accidentally dialed Jim but Steve told Adam to answer that phone when he's calling in there. |
| 5:43
| Adam doesn't mind being in the newsroom, he likes the camaraderie. Jim just got engaged, did Adam know that? We're all very proud of him. He's marrying a nice girl and they've been dating for a while. You have to wonder what she sees in him. |
| 5:44
| Did Adam get that thing from David from The Little Guys? He has some ad in HD Living and he was thinking of using a picture of Steve. Steve told him we'd give it to the guys who do the design for Jack. |
| 5:45
| Is that Jim that's typing furiously? Most of the time Jim updates the log once every 10 minutes if he feels like it. But now Adam's in there and it's like "Notice Me!" He has a wife to support, he needs to start typing faster. |
| 5:46
| It'd be nice to give the ad to those Jack guys. Plus it rubs it in their face that they don't do advertise for the show. Adam already got the story from Todd that we don't have a designer. When did Todd turn into a whiner? Everyday he's whining about some station in Denver he has to go to. He doesn't even meet with Steve any more. |
| 5:47
| Ed Farmer is on the phone. What the hell is he doing? Ed can't believe he's up this early but he's hoping he'll be asleep soon. |
| 5:48
| Ed's flying to Detroit in a roundabout way but right now he's driving. Today is Steve's big day, a golf lesson with Ed's friend Jim Suthee. Ed told him that Steve will be easy to teach. |
| 5:49
| Just so Steve knows, when Jim show's him his golf swing on video he doesn't mean anything by it. He'll probably compare Steve's swing to a professional golfer, like Tiger Woods. Although you won't be able to see Tiger because he's behind Steve. |
| 5:50
| Steve stopped up in the booth to see Ed and Steve Stone yesterday. Steve got to see Ed working over the Twins announcer. Steve learned that when Ed and Steve go up to Minnesota they aren't treated well, food-wise. |
| 5:51
| Yesterday though Steve had a delicious turtle up in the booth. When Matt tried to reach for it Ed thought Steve was going to bite his hand. So Ed's going to start scaling back on the food for the Twins announcers because of the mistreatment. |
| 5:52
| Ed wanted to make sure that Buzz knew about the foot long hot dog up in the booth. Steve and Buzz are never going to eat that just so Ed knows. |
| 5:53
| Ed has a sign on the booth to his door that says Farmer, Stone & Associates, it looks really nice. The guy from the Twins wanted one for his booth and Ed was really working him over. |
| 5:54
| Then the Twins announcer started saying how none of the guys on his team could pitch for the Sox. They really cry poor up there. Steve liked when the Stone Pony pointed out that the Twins owner was worth $5 billion. |
| 5:55
| Steve got a chance to tell Ed and Steve in person what a great job they're doing calling games. Ed's going to hook up with Steve with a device that allows him to listen to them while he's at games. |
| 5:56
| It occurred to Steve this year that he should have a little White Sox backpack to keep all his stuff in, like the towel to wipe off his seat and his little broadcast transmitter. |
| 5:57
| Steve also saw Hawk yesterday, he invited him to sit in for a while. Steve had his press pass, full access. That's the only way to see Ed. Steve also played third base for a little bit yesterday, didn't Buzz see him? |
| 6:04
| Pete's very excited that Steve's learning to golf. Pete's been know to golf occasionally so he wouldn't mind going out with Steve. He was a caddy growing up. |
| 6:05
| Steve was out in Hickory Hills yesterday for that wake. Pete was actually a caddy in Western Springs. He was the first caddy to be moved up to A Caddy. "This is for you Danny" |
| 6:06
| Steve needs stuff to do in the afternoon, like golf. It makes the afternoon go by much faster. Sadly yesterday he had to go to a wake, but then he went to the Sox game. |
| 6:07
| When he got home he went for a run around the neighborhood and chatted with several neighbors. He doesn't normally do that though. He actually spoke to some neighbors 2 doors down that he's never spoken to before. |
| 6:08
| Steve told them he was embarrassed that he didn't know who they were but he keeps his head down when he's running. He also went by a Little League game where everyone sets up their chairs along the path to watch the game. |
| 6:09
| It's irritating but it's also all hot moms. So it's a hot mom gauntlet. At first glance it's irritating but then it's OK. The path is for walking though, it's not for putting your chair on so you don't feel like you're sinking into the wet ground. It's not a deck. |
| 6:10
| We now continue with our continuous coverage of the People vs. R. Kelly with Brendan Greeley. It was a big day in court yesterday as the defense rested, shocking everyone in the court room. What else are they going to do? |
| 6:11
| The prosecution will call some rebuttal witnesses, like a video expert to talk about the caterpillar-shaped mole. Also an Atlanta DA is going to testify that Lisa Van Allen was not given a deal for her fiance Yul Brown. |
| 6:12
| Everything could be wrapped up tomorrow and the jury could start deliberating on Thursday. If they can't reach a verdict on Thursday it'll continue to Friday. |
| 6:13
| The defense doesn't want the jury to have full access to the tape either. They don't want them to focus too much on that. |
| 6:14
| Brendan has seen the tape, does he think it's R. Kelly? He's not sure if he's supposed to say one way or the other. You never know with this judge, Brendan doesn't want to end up in jail. |
| 6:15
| It seems like Brendan should be able to say but Steve doesn't want to put him in an uncomfortable spot. Let's be honest though, Brendan wants him to be not guilty, he loves R. Kelly. |
| 6:16
| Steve doesn't understand how this thing could get so far if it's not really R. Kelly in the tape. Well whatever, it won't be too much longer until we find out. |
| 6:17
| Steve would like to see him go away, just for those Trapped in the Closet and Hair Braider songs. He gets the feel that R. will get off though. |
| 6:18
| Buzz is trying to remain objective about this whole thing so he won't share his opinion. But he wants Brendan to do it? Brendan's a reporter too, does Buzz not recognize him as a news man? |
| 6:19
| Buzz hopes he walks and Steve hopes he goes to prison so it's split down the middle. They're currently hung. Someone on this show is going to be very happy with the verdict though. |
| 6:20
| Caller Kenji was driving to work and he turned the radio on. What kind of name is Kenji? It's Japanese but he's also have Irish. So he dinks saki and writes melancholy poems? |
| 6:21
| Kenji's sister lives in the neighborhood and every time he goes to visit he sees Steve out running. About 25% of the time Kenji says hello but he never gets any acknowledgement from Steve. |
| 6:22
| Steve runs with his iPod and with no glasses on. So unless he sees you waving he won't know you're trying to say hello. Buzz wants to know what Kenji's point is with this call. |
| 6:23
| Kenji can't believe Steve's neighborhood doesn't have sidewalks, he has to run in the street. They actually don't want sidewalks in Steve's neighborhood. Kenji lives in the city so he's used to sidewalks. |
| 6:24
| Steve's usually pretty friendly when he's out in the neighborhood. This isn't an open invite or Kenji to stop Steve and start talking to him though |
| 6:25
| Next time Kenji sees Steve he should bring his sister out. Steve usually notices if there are women out there. Is Kenji's sister also half-Asian? |
| 6:26
| Steve didn't mean to break that little fellars heart or anything. He's got the iPod going and no glasses but he usually tries to be friendly. Maybe Steve should wear headphones that stand out more. |
| 6:27
| A lot of dogs come at Steve because people walk them on 30 foot leashes. They have no control, why even use a leash at all? Walk your dog on a 4 foot leash and make it heel. |
| 6:28
| Steve doesn't walk his dogs because they don't heel. Until they heel, no walks. |
| 6:34
| Steve's life does seem a bit like Curb Your Enthusiasm without Jeff Garlin chasing him around. It might be more fun with Jeff though. |
| 6:35
| As Buzz knows, Oprah is doing a cleanse and she's blogging about it. It seems like the blog is a little behind real time though. She also begins her week on Sunday and not Monday. But that's a whole other thing. |
| 6:36
| Kathy Freston wrote a book about this cleanse and she lent Oprah her chef, Tal, to prepare food for the cleanse. Steve hopes that one day he and Buzz's relationship gets to the point where they can lend each other their chefs. |
| 6:37
| Oprah doesn't know how Tal is doing it but she had a fake tuna sandwich on rice bread and salad with multi vegetables, as all salads are. How do you make fake tuna? Real tuna isn't all that great. |
| 6:38
| Donald sent over a dozen key lime pies from Mar-a-lago. Oprah was raving about them when she was there for a party. "SEND OPRAH A DOZEN PIES!" |
| 6:39
| Oprah skips ahead to Thursday on her blog. Maybe Tuesday was "Oh no, I've just eaten 6 pies" and Wednesday was "I've just eaten the other 6 pies" |
| 6:40
| Thursday was the end of the season, they just taped their 140th show with Tom Cruise. They only do 140 shows? The producers and Oprah are joining Tom, Katie and their families for dinner. They all need a glass of wine. Isn't Tom and Katie a family? Or is it also their parents? |
| 6:41
| Kathy Freston's comments for Thursday were that it's OK to have some wine and enjoy it. This isn't about depravation. Leaning in sometimes means you have to stop. Leaning in? What does that mean? It's Oprah speak and it's everywhere. |
| 6:42
| The blog skips right ahead to Saturday. Friday must be a lost day, Oprah probably had some wine. Buzz recommends a nice can of Chef Boy-ar-dee for a hangover. That's Buzz's personal chef. |
| 6:43
| Tal left on Saturday and the void was immense. She's in New York trying to make do. He probably left when he saw the 12 empty pie boxes, the wine and the Chef Boy-ar-dee cans. That poor, poor lady. |
| 6:44
| Tal's loving energy came through his food. How does that happen? Everyone was so soothed and nurtured by his energy and looked forward to every meal. |
| 6:45
| Oprah had her CEO search on Saturday and had food brought in from a local vegan restaurant. It was very good but not the same energy as what Tal would make. These people need real problems. |
| 6:46
| On Friday Oprah had a black bean burger. It was delicious but it's still with her a day later. So she does have real problems. "Oprah, was that you?" |
| 6:47
| Why doesn't Oprah just hire Tal? Kathy Freston owes her anyway. If Oprah talks about your book it's going to sell a lot of copies. That James Frey guy has a new book out. She ripped him a new one but she was duped. |
| 6:48
| Steve actually liked A Million Little Pieces. He knew that there was no way all of that stuff could have happened to someone. But she brought him on TV and made him apologize and he was all melee-mouthed. |
| 6:49
| Throughout that entire thing with Frey Steve never got the feeling that Oprah cared about Frey going back on drugs. It was all about her being duped. |
| 6:55
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 6:56
| This live read mentions Curtis Benson although it's probably supposed to be Cedric. Steve read Curtis but then thought about it. David claims he's a sports fan. Maybe David changes everyone's name to protect the innocent. |
| 6:57
| Steve is calling down to quality control and Adam. Isn't he checking the copy? Adam thought it looked wrong so he did a search for "Curtis Benson" A bunch of articles came up. |
| 6:58
| Now Adam is realizing that they were articles about Cedric Benson and Curtis Enis. Steve always wanted to go up to Curtis Enis and put a P on the back of his jersey. Both of them were busts for the Bears. |
| 6:59
| It's cute that Adam Googled it but in the future he should just ask. He can ask Jim, he knows sports. David is Mr. Season Ticket, you'd think he would know. |
| 7:00
| The Bears have had some bad luck with the first round picks but Steve is guessing everyone has. We just know more about our first round picks. |
| 7:01
| Alright we have a web poll but we could also do the news. Steve just doesn't want Buzz thinking that the news isn't important. Buzz is prepared to do the news. |
| 7:02
| News with Buzz |
| 7:03
| President Bush has declared 29 counties in Indiana as disaster areas. And that was before anything happened! That was all in Southern Indiana right? John Cougar Mellencamp will probably to a benefit concert, even though he lives in LA. |
| 7:04
| There was also significant flooding in Southern Wisconsin, including one house that floated away. It was like a Dell's attraction. Buzz couldn't help but be concerned about Mark Czerniec. |
| 7:05
| President Bush will be in Slovenia today before a whirlwind tour of Europe with a stop in the Germany, Italy, Vatican City, France and Great Britain. What if Bush is there when Mancow is there as well? They're probably big fans of each other. |
| 7:06
| Todd Aiken, a Missouri congressman, announced his $150 Energy Extortion act. His bill seeks to open up oil fields in Alaska and on the continental shelf. Correct Steve if he's wrong but there is enough oil, they're just not producing enough right? It seems like no one understands why gas is $4 a gallon and Steve would like to have someone explain it. |
| 7:07
| Steve would like someone other than Michael Moore to explain why gas prices are so high. He'd also like someone to explain global warming. |
| 7:08
| Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode has been heard at many John McCain rallies but the singer is not supporting the Republican nominee. He'd like McCain to stop using the song. |
| 7:09
| Meanwhile speculation is running rampant about who Obama will choose as his running mate. Pundits are speculating that it will be Virginia senator Jim Webb. |
| 7:10
| By the way Buzz, Mark Czerniec is fine. Racine did make the national news last night and they received calls from many friends to make sure they were OK. No calls from Steve or Buzz though. |
| 7:11
| Caller Mike is going to try to explain the gasoline prices to Steve. It boils down to gas being bought and sold on the world market. The U.S. dollar being what it is means that gas prices here aren't what they are elsewhere. |
| 7:12
| A company buys gas in another company but in order to make up the difference they have to charge more here. Is that reasonable, can Buzz accept it? The price of crude oil has gone up because people are speculating and driving it up. Buzz went short on oil, he said that was the position to take. |
| 7:13
| It can't just be the weak dollar can it? Or maybe it's that simple. Steve tries not to think about it though. It's not even that it's too complicated, he just doesn't want to think about it. Steve thought Mike would have a more kindygarden explanation for him like telling him how oil goes from the ground to his car. |
| 7:14
| Diddy has changed his name, he's back to being Puff Daddy. Ask Steve if he cares about any of that. How is that guy rich or famous? |
| 7:15
| USA Today is reporting that at least 40 airports are going to offer relaxed security lines for families and fast lanes for speedy travelers. 21 airports are already participating and more will join the program this summer. Does O'Hare have it? They have an idiot and non-idiot line. |
| 7:16
| The defense in the R. Kelly trial rested yesterday and of course we have gavel-to-gavel coverage. Steve has another Brendan report that we can go to right now but first a call about gas prices. |
| 7:17
| Caller Brent has been living in Mexico for about 3 months a year for the last few years, doing missionary work. So have Steve and Buzz! Pemex Oil is owned by 6 families in Mexico. They get all their oil from Mexico and the gas prices rarely go up more than 1/10th of a peso. So Brent is saying light up Alaska? |
| 7:18
| A lot of people who live near the Mexican border are driving down there to buy gas. Of course they're waiting in line for an hour to get the gas, burning their own gas off. |
| 7:19
| Brent's missionary work includes bringing medicine and sewing machines to native Indians down there. So they can make a living selling their clothing. Does Brent bring that up here to sell it then? |
| 7:20
| Did Steve spin for Brent yet? Did he even pick a number? Steve's distracted because he's internally punishing himself for even bringing up this gas price topic. He's actually in his brain right now beating it with a hammer. |
| 7:21
| Steve's going to take a break and he apologizes for getting so far off the news. Buzz thinks we're right on the precipice of understanding all this. We do have some good calls on hold. |
| 7:28
| Alright now let's get to Brendan's R. Kelly report. |
| 7:29
| Was Brendan talking about the driver of the bus? His phone sort of dropped out. In the future maybe Pete should dub his own voice over Brendan's. |
| 7:30
| Pete and Brendan have some cockamamie method of recording these report. Brendan has to call the GOB HOMO line because Pete can't record phone calls live. |
| 7:31
| We should probably get it hooked up over there so that he can record live phone calls. In the meantime he can dub his own voice in there if necessary. |
| 7:32
| Caller Tom is a big fan, 6'2" about 185. That's more tall than big. A tall drink of water! Tom can't say where he works but it's in the oil industry. Do we need to put his voice through a filter so people won't recognize it? That's what we do with Brendan. |
| 7:33
| China is planning on drilling in international waters, including locations about 200 miles off the U.S. coast. We can't get all the oil we have in the U.S. because of do-gooders. |
| 7:34
| We could be set up right off the coast of Tampa drilling for oil. Just pain the derricks to look like those drinking birds, it's entertaining as hell. |
| 7:35
| So people are speculating oil prices and driving the price up. They're keeping production down to keep the price up too. Tom has a great article he can email Steve about oil. |
| 7:36
| One of the problems is that we don't have the oil refinery capacity in the U.S. Steve knew he knew something about this! All the refineries are foreign-owned also. |
| 7:37
| The other problem is that in the 90s the Clinton administration took the 12 big oil companies and consolidated them into 3. Some of those companies were very aggressive about looking for new oil and now they're not. |
| 7:38
| Tom started as a geologist on an oil well. They would drill for oil and then at some point cap the well. That was so the price would go up even more. At the time they were American oil companies. This was all going on when people were waiting in line to buy gas. |
| 7:39
| There's nothing that can be done to stop this right? Everyone pays the same price around the world for oil. And we've reached our apex in how much oil there is. |
| 7:40
| Tom likes telling that story to anyone who was around in the 70s. Steve waited 45 minutes to fill up his Dotson! |
| 7:41
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 7:49
| Steve needs to update his list of Things to Never Talk About. He's adding gas/oil to abortion and politics. They're all things that have no ending. He should probably put health care on there as well. |
| 7:50
| If gas prices are too high then siphon, that's what Steve did. When he was at that funeral yesterday he siphoned off 70 gallons. The other option is to put duct tape over your license plate and drive off from the gas station without paying. |
| 7:51
| The guy at Steve's gas station doesn't even come out at the store. That's the guy who Dick Johnson interviewed, he doesn't even buy gas at his own station. |
| 7:52
| Steve wants to get through all these callers on hold although some people hung up. One person said they do have a family line at O'Hare security. They should also have an idiot line. |
| 7:53
| A few weeks ago when Steve flew to L.A. he went through the metal detector with his phone in his pocket which really made him mad. He'd just hassled the guy in front of him for doing the same thing. |
| 7:54
| Caller Bill is not there. His question was "How do you get the idiots in the idiot line?" Does an idiot know he's an idiot? That's what cattle prods and tasers are for. |
| 7:55
| Caller Sean flew from Midway to Boston a few weeks ago and they have an expert line. He was directed there, he must look like an expert. |
| 7:56
| Sometimes Sean forgets to take something out of his pocket. That's the worst thing. Steve can't believe he left his phone in his pocket. |
| 7:57
| The guy behind Steve in line was on the flight with him and they struck up a friendship. He and his traveling companion were sneezing quite a bit though. |
| 7:58
| Sean takes off his shoes, his belt, takes his phone out, whenever he goes through security. He doesn't wear a watch though. |
| 7:59
| Buzz doesn't understand how Sean can live without a watch. How can Buzz live without a phone? |
| 8:00
| Caller Bennett flies out of Milwaukee a lot. That would be Mitchell Field and they just put in three lines for beginning, moderate and expert travelers. |
| 8:01
| It seems like everyone thinks they're an expert traveler though. Bennett goes through security lines about 80 times a year so that probably makes him an expert. |
| 8:02
| The only thing you have to put through the conveyor belt is electronic devices, forget about belts and watches. |
| 8:03
| Why do we have to take our shoes off? Is it because of that shoe bomber? He couldn't even get the thing lit! Steve feels the terrorists have won. Every time he goes through security he thinks of those knuckleheads strolling through with boxcutters. |
| 8:04
| It's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. There goes Buzz into his Crunchy Taco, he doesn't waste any time. |
| 8:05
| Caller Bob flew back from Vegas yesterday, in line with some typically inexperienced travelers. |
| 8:06
| He had his shoes off, his laptop out and ready to send through and his bins were next to him. Then this woman reached over him and took his bins. Was she hot? |
| 8:07
| She wasn't hot, she was old and a typical Vegas traveler. That's when you have to say "Give me my bins back bitch!" |
| 8:08
| Caller John's wife came back from Orlando yesterday. She's a 54-year-old woman and they have a friend who collects pipes. Smoking pipers? No, plumbing pipes! |
| 8:09
| John's wife had a glass smoking pipe, what do you smoke with that? Glass is the new wood, Buzz just found that out. Maybe if you want to smoke crack! |
| 8:10
| The TSA guy pulled the glass out of her bag and made a huge spectacle about it. John thought it was funny though. They probably thought it was a drug pipe, that's what Steve would think. |
| 8:11
| John has won tickets to see Stevie Nicks. Steve would like to get in her pants, how about John? |
| 8:12
| It's time for a report from Pat Boyle. |
| 8:22
| Ron Santo lost a tooth the other day and he's hoping his dentist can put it back in. How do you put a tooth back in? That's a good dentist. Poor Ron Santo, trying to do the good thing and floss and the loses a tooth. |
| 8:23
| Caller Tom loves the Peanut Butter Jelly song but he misses Ben Gay, where's he been? Is he back in the minors as a catcher? |
| 8:24
| Ben's actually here, he's out in the hallway. If Tom knew anything about him he'd know that Ben was a pitcher. Ben's actually doing sports for Fresh, it's the perfect station for him. He'll try to stop in on Thursday though. |
| 8:25
| That whole Fresh FM is very lame. They're light in their loafers, that's all Steve's saying. |
| 8:26
| It's time for the web poll, although we're a little late today. Really there's no set time for the web poll. Yesterday's question was "Who should be in their respective Hall of Fame?" Ron Santo won with 71% of the vote. |
| 8:27
| Today's question is "Do you attend sporting events just to get drunk?" There was a time when Steve would have answered yes to that question. He went to a lot of Hawks games to drink and he didn't even like hockey. Now that he's sobered up he actually likes hockey. |
| 8:28
| This is from a website called Bleacherreport.com The blogger starts by saying that he knows all sports fans are not like this. He's probably going to say something really bad right? |
| 8:29
| He was at a Texas Rangers game with his girlfriend, sitting behind 6 of the dumbest fans he's ever heard who got dumber by the beer. He had to be stopped from saying things by his girlfriend. |
| 8:30
| They were saying things like that the Rangers can't win in the future or that they don't have a good farming system. One of them said that the Rangers need to go out and buy A-Rod, Santana, Josh Beckett and three other pitchers. That's probably true though. |
| 8:31
| One guy said the Rangers should hire Bill Parcells to be the coach. OK, that is pretty dumb. |
| 8:32
| Steve doesn't begrudge people getting drunk at sporting events. At some point though the drunk people do start to get irritating. |
| 8:33
| There was a guy at the Sox game on Sunday who was yelling at Ozzie "Hey, Jay Mariotti's a fag!" 2007 called, they want their heckle back. Plus it was Family Day. Why would you say that on Family Day? |
| 8:34
| Yesterday Brendan filed another weekend report that we never aired. He doesn't need to do any more until the trial is over. |
| 8:35
| Mike Dahl had his birthday party on Saturday, it was one of three celebrations. Steve took him to the Sox game on Wednesday, Thursday was a family dinner and then Saturday was a party with friends. |
| 8:36
| Mike got mad at Steve right at the start of dinner on Thursday for overcelebrating his birthday. He did overcelebrate it though. |
| 8:37
| According to Brendan's report he was forcibly removed from a club for excessive grinding. Buzz can't believe it but Steve's seen him in action. He's 30 and he's grinding with 17-year-old girls. No wonder why he wants R. Kelly to go free, he is R. Kelly! |
| 8:43
| With people drinking at sporting events, it depends on the person. Sometimes they're just having fun but sometimes they really start to annoy Steve. |
| 8:44
| The worst ones are the guys at hockey games yelling "Shoot it!" Steve's pretty sure hockey players know to shoot. That's the whole goal of the game. That's why they call it a goal! |
| 8:45
| The only problem Steve's ever had with out-of-town fans is with the Yankees. The last time they were here too many Sox fans had sold their tickets to Yankees fans who act like they own the place. |
| 8:46
| But if someone gets drunk and starts acting stupid Steve asks them to stop. He doesn't want to sit there listening to it. That's hazardous though because the person is drunk. |
| 8:47
| Usually people back off because they don't realize what they're doing. Pat Dahl is one of the worst offenders of this though. He was heckling Peyton Manning during the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. |
| 8:48
| He actually slugged Steve when he told him to stop. Buzz can only imagine how surly Pat Dahl can get. |
| 8:49
| Steve's guessing that if he'd been at that Rangers game with that blogger he would have seen something happening with the girlfriend. The girlfriend is always the wild card in those situations. It's not even if they say something, sometimes just them being there is enough. |
| 8:50
| Alright we now go live to Brendan Greeley covering the People of Illinois vs. Robert "I Possibly Like them Young" Kelly. One thing Brendan forgot to mention is when R. walked out of court yesterday, right past him. |
| 8:51
| He looked really pimped out in his pinstripe suit and a nice tie with hints of purple in it. He looked majestic, that's all Brendan's saying. He was also wearing a very strong cologne which the women in Brendan's row said was very nice. |
| 8:52
| Brendan decided to do some research on the cologne. First he grabbed a bottle of the Usher cologne he has at home. Is he serious? He can't say for sure that it's what R. Kelly was wearing but it was similar. |
| 8:53
| R. and Usher have worked together recently so maybe it was a gift or something. Brendan still wasn't convinced so he went to Macy's and smelled some other colognes, including Diddy's and Sean John's Unforgivable. What's really unforgivable is that Diddy is famous. |
| 8:54
| Brendan asked for their most expensive cologne which was Bulgari. It didn't smell anything like what R. was wearing so Brendan thinks it's the Usher cologne. Steve wouldn't wear cologne if he was on trial. He'd also take those corn rows out. The prosecution should have made him remove the corn rows and wear his hair like the guy in the video. They can do that right? |
| 8:55
| Steve also doesn't understand how R. Kelly is famous either. Brendan thinks he has a beautiful voice, on songs like Bump & Grind. |
| 8:57
| Speaking of that, what's with Brendan getting kicked out of a bar for grinding? Didn't they warn him first? A warning doesn't matter to Brendan, he can't be stopped. |
| 8:58
| At Pat Dahl's wedding Steve left briefly to let the dogs out. Who let the dogs out? Steve. When he got back it was pretty much over but Brendan was out in the hallway grinding on the neighbor girl from across the street. |
| 8:59
| She was 21 but to Steve she'll always be the little neighbor girl from across the street. Even if she'd only been 19 it wouldn't have stopped Brendan. Brendan is a video camera and a log cabin room away from being R. Kelly. |
| 9:00
| It occurs to Buzz that their are two songs about 19-year-old girls. There's Steely Dan's Hey 19 and another one by Muddy Waters. Uncle Buzz would know, wouldn't he? He had his 19-year-old niece living with him. She wasn't really his niece, not legally. |
| 9:01
| Brendan's grinding is disgusting though. If he had his pants off he'd be accused of rape. His hips don't lie. |
| 9:02
| Ever since Steve read an article about Shakira, where some record company guys said they didn't sign her because she sang like a goat, he's noticed that she sings like a goat. |
| 9:03
| Steve's not saying that she's not hot as hell but she sounds like a goat or a sheep or some sort of bleating animal. He's willing to look past it though. |
| 9:04
| Brendan is 30, it might be time for him to end the grinding. But it works for him so it's hard to stop. If he grinds 100 girls and one grinds back then it's worth it. Grinding is an art form these days, it's very popular. You always see groups of girls on the dance floor grinding. |
| 9:05
| There's nothing wrong with a group of girls doing it. Why was Brendan's grinding deemed excessive though? |
| 9:06
| So the trial is wrapping up. There are two more rebuttal witnesses that the prosecution is going to call, then closing arguments and jury deliberations. It could be all over before the weekend. |
| 9:07
| Song: Hey Nineteen, Steely Dan |
| 9:10
| Some guy called in during the song and said that the girl in that song must be 60 by now which isn't true. If the girl was 60 that means Steve was 12 and he knows he wasn't 12. If he was 12 then that means someone got to him at school and was an extremely bad influence on him. He remember hearing that song when he was extremely high. |
| 9:11
| Caller Michael is an attorney, as are Steve and Buzz. They don't like to flaunt it but Kilman and Dahl is their firm. Buzz is the senior partner. |
| 9:12
| The prosecution could have ordered R. Kelly to wear his hair like the guy in the video but the defense would have said it violates his 5th amendment rights. |
| 9:13
| Changing his hair is different than someone putting a glove on or picking up a knife or something. Buzz heard about a book where a guy talks about how he helped OJ figure out how to make it so the glove didn't fit. |
| 9:14
| Does Buzz want to know about Hey Nineteen? It takes place in Syracuse, New York and it's about a middle-aged man trying to woo a 19-year-old college girl. It's legal at least. |
| 9:15
| That song came out in 1980 so the girl would not be 60. Buzz thinks she might be close to 60. That can't be possible! |
| 9:16
| Steve's going to do some math here. If he subtracts 2008 from 1980 he gets 28. Wait is that right? This is why he dropped out of school. |
| 9:17
| If you had 28 to 19 you get 47. What kind of formula wa Steve running them? It's a good song though and probably one of Steve's favorite albums. He likes a lot of Steely Dan albums. |
| 9:24
| News with Buzz |
| 9:25
| Residents in the Midwest are assessing damage from record floods. President Bush has declared 29 counties in Indiana as disaster areas and two people are dead in that state. |
| 9:26
| This guy keeps calling in to say that the girl from Hey Nineteen is 60. He's insisting she's 60 and says he's a friend of Steve's named Big Ed. |
| 9:27
| The lyric goes "Way back in '67..." but that's referring to the guy in the song right? If she was 19 in 1967 she was born in 1948 which means she's 60. Dammit! |
| 9:28
| That makes sense, why would the girl be 19 when the album came out? You'd think Jack would have Steve's back on something like this. Where's your crown and cigar now? |
| 9:29
| MIssouri's governor, Matt Blunt, has been highly critical of Barack Obama. He believes if Obama becomes president it will negatively impact the people of Missouri. He's a Republican right? |
| 9:30
| Mark Czerniec is on the phone to say that Steve is right. The lyric about 1967 references the guy in the song. If the girl was 19 in 1967 it would be odd that she couldn't remember Aretha Franklin. Why is everyone always trying to take Steve down?! |
| 9:31
| So the girl is probably 47 right now which is still in Steve's wheelhouse but not in Buzz's. By that Steve means she's too old. |
| 9:32
| This guy who originally called about Hey Nineteen is back on the line. Is this the same guy, Big Rich or Big Ed or whatever? This all is just further frustrating Steve. Leave him alone! He's been up since 4! |
| 9:33
| Steve was getting up at 3:45 because it sounds better. It seems earlier because it is earlier. No one else cared though, his family doesn't care. He points out that if any of them got 5 hours of sleep they'd be cranky too. They claim they wouldn't but if they get 5 hours of sleep they come home and sleep on the couch all day. |
| 9:34
| Janet says she gets up when Steve does but she doesn't. One Saturday she went to Florida and forgot to switch off her alarm. It went off at 5:30, she likes to hear the beginning of the show. 3:45 sounds fake anyway but he can't do 3:30. A lot of other morning guys claim to get up at 2:30. |
| 9:35
| Mary gets up at 1:30 and she's here at 3:00. It does take her an hour to get ready though. Pete gets up at 2 and he's here around 3:15. Mary is already here by then. Do we know what time Jim gets up at? Does Pete not talk to JIm any more? They both have their ladies now. |
| 9:36
| Pete talks to Jim everyday in his office. Does Pete mean the newsroom? Buzz probably doesn't care what you call it, it's not like he hangs out there after the show taking calls and working on stories. |
| 9:37
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Jim gets up at 3:30 now because he has a slightly longer walk to the bus. Steve's pulling up lame with his 3:45 wake up then. He might as well just get up at 4. |
| 9:38
| Jim thinks 3:45 is good because it's still part of that 3 am hour. Steve doesn't need that extra time though, he just ends up lolly-gagging. He might as well wake up at 4 and get 15 minutes of extra sleep. |
| 9:39
| Alright Brendan's checking in with another R. Kelly report. What time does he get up in the morning? Steve and Buzz don't have to do much when they get in in the morning so we must have a good group of people working here. |
| 9:40
| Buzz begs to differ, he's in here working before the show starts. Does Buzz see Steve making the stroking motion with his hand? |
| 9:41
| Steve didn't mean that Buzz doesn't work or anything. They're like Jerry Lewis, they wake up at 4 am and they come in and they do their show. Steve's going to go back to 4 am because he's getting no sympathy from his family or people at work for waking up at 3:45. |
| 9:42
| Brendan has been told that Carol Mosley Braun will be at the court house to testify about another case. That was the purse snatching where she hurt her wrist. |
| 9:43
| The wheels of justice seem to be grinding very slowly lately, just like Brendan. |
| 9:44
| That's what happens when you have a bad boyfriend. |
| 9:52
| That's Carol Mosley-Braun. She hung on to her purse, it must have been a really good one. |
| 9:53
| Passengers on a United Airlines flight in Gary were stranded on their plane for 12 hours because the airport was closed. They were diverted to Gary because of a thunderstorm. |
| 9:54
| Roger Clemens is on Viagra. According to reports he kept a stash in his locker at Yankee Stadium. |
| 9:55
| A bicyclist who ran into the opening door of an SUV and then run over by another car has died. |
| 9:56
| Roger Clemens stashed his Viagra pills in a vitamin bottle according to a source in the club house. |
| 9:57
| Among the off-label uses of Viagra include building up endurance for athletes in high altitude cities. It can also counteract the impotence that can be a side-effect of taking testosterone. |
| 9:58
| The wildly popular lifestyle drug is not banned by MLB or any other leagues. Clemens told at least one friend that the drug made him feel flushed and made his heart race. Maybe Steve and Buzz should do the show on Viagra? |
