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| 5:32
| This is the Busy, Work-a-day World theme. Shake for Steve Buzz, he wants to be your backdoor man, in the words of Led Zeppelin. Buzz needs schoolin', Steve's not foolin'. |
| 5:33
| Steve and Buzz should work at a radio station where they incorporate the song lyrics into their conversation. Buzz once tried to do that but it didn't work, probably because it's not cool for grown men to do that. |
| 5:34
| Buzz wasn't so grown when he tried it. Really you shouldn't be doing it if you're over 16. The people at XRT do it all the time. Stay tuned for some Elvis Costello, live from the archives when he was just an embryo. |
| 5:35
| Buzz is wondering if Steve's been listening to a lot of XRT lately. You don't have to listen to much to know what they're doing over there. It's 60-year-olds getting excited about the new Weezer album. They're using Pro Tools to edit this one, everyone is very exciting. |
| 5:36
| Should you really care about that when you're 60? The worst is when you can tell they're reading all of this information. Weezer's coming to The Riv in October, everyone's super excited, it's standing room only. |
| 5:37
| Buzz has been to The Riv once to see Spinal Tap. Steve might have been at that show and he did some bad things in the dressing room. He might have opened up a little too much to Harry Shearer and told him how he felt about him. |
| 5:38
| Steve meant it in a good way but Harry didn't take it that way. Harry was on the radio in L.A. when Steve was a kid and he told him he was wasting his talent doing an NPR show. |
| 5:39
| Does Buzz want to hear some stuff about Whole Lotta Love? In 1962 Muddy Waters-former Westmont resident and married to a white woman-recorded You Need Love, originally by Willie Dixon. In 1966 Small Faces recorded the song You Need Loving for their debut Decca LP Itchycoo Park. This is XRT stuff. |
| 5:40
| How does Mark know all this so quickly? Mark is a Zephead although when you ask him he says he's not. Buzz remembers on a trip with the show Mark was playing Zeppelin in the airport. We don't really care about all this Zeppelin stuff, we all know they stole from black musicians. That's why Buzz doesn't like them, being black himself. |
| 5:41
| He must be glad the Bulls hired a black coach though. Vinnie del Negro actually looks like a guy from Grease. Buzz couldn't believe how young he looked. Could Buzz get any closer to the mic? He knows we're on the air right? Could he kick back a little less? He's one laidback dude. Steve's pretty sure Vinnie is in his 40s. |
| 5:42
| So that was our Work-a-Day World theme which is good because it seems like a lot of people have been taking shortened work weeks lately. Steve is able to track listener vacations by the Thought for the Day. If someone is out of the office he gets the out-of-office reply. Then he can go rob their house. |
| 5:43
| Vinnie the Negro was born in 1966 making him 41. That's what Steve said isn't it? He watched the press conference because he had to turn off the White Sox game. They lost and the Cubs won. They did lose Soriano to a broken wrist for 6 weeks. |
| 5:44
| 6 weeks right Pete? How's Pete doing with all that? It's a sad day when Jim, the mopiest Cubs fan ever, has to actually cheer Pete up about the Soriano injury. Imagine how depressed Jim is then if he had to use all that to cheer up Pete. We should probably get him on the phone too. |
| 5:45
| One of Steve's outgoing lines isn't work again and he's hesitant to tell anyone. The last time someone was in here messing with the phones the whole thing went down and we couldn't take any calls. They also disabled the HD2 channel of US99. One phone company guy, all by his lonesome took out one HD channel and made it so no one could talk to the hosts of the show. Now that's an accomplishment, thanks for stopping by and putting a cone behind your truck. |
| 5:46
| Steve's got Jim on the phone now. Soriano got hit in the hand and Jim thinks it's on purpose. They hit him last year a day after he hit three home runs at Turner Field. Is that the Braves, or Bravos as people call them? Why do people call them that? Today they'll be the Boston Braves for the 1948 throwback game at Wrigley. The Cubs will just be the Cubs. What logo is that? |
| 5:47
| Jim is pretty sure that the C on the hat looks more like the Bears C, somewhat elongated. He's not sure about the jersey either, it might be white. That sounds exciting. This is the first time the Cubs have ever done a throwback game which is surprising to Jim, you'd think they do it all the time to make more money off jersey sales. |
| 5:48
| The Cubs don't really make any more money off the jersey sales, all that goes into a pool and is evenly distributed. That's because Bud Selig owned the Brewers and he wanted a piece of the New York action. MLB is like the mafia. |
| 5:49
| So Jim had to pump up Pete about Soriano? Jim's bummed, he'd rather Soriano not be injured but he think the Cubs are a more complete team than they were a few years ago when Lee went down. Steve's losing Buzz here, we're going to have to terminate this conversation. Buzz actually has a glass cutter and he's attempt to cut a hole in the window, repel down the building and go home. |
| 5:54
| What was that drop, Steve missed it? It was Lou Piniella talking about Buzz. Can he play it again because Buzz also missed it. It was only 2 seconds long! |
| 5:55
| So Steve kind of did the sports there. The Cubs won but Soriano will be out for 6 weeks. They say he's a fast healer, what does that mean? Maybe he has superpowers we don't know about. |
| 5:56
| Will they retaliate against the Braves pitcher today? You'd hope so. There were warnings issued on Tuesday after Ted Lilly gave up a 3 run home run. They've taken all of the fun out of all that stuff though. |
| 5:57
| Well Steve's sorry about Soriano but at least we've got Vinnie Del Negro. He seemed to win over the crowd at the press conference yesterday although it was populated by a bunch of guys who shouldn't be asking questions. |
| 5:58
| Les Grobstein was there of course. He should identify himself as an independent contractor at those things. Pat Benkowski was also there. Steve remembers Pat had something to do with his show and he didn't like the guy. |
| 5:59
| Pat Boyle also noticed an influx of guys who shouldn't be there asking questions. Steve didn't hear Jay Mariotti ask any questions though. |
| 6:00
| Rick Telander tried to point that out in his column last week but the Sun-Times censored him. Jay never goes anywhere, he just watches on TV. There was a column of his that Steve read recently where it seemed like he was at the event but it was clear that his column was based on the TV coverage. It might have been the Kentucky Derby. |
| 6:01
| Pat Boyle asked Pete to put together a montage of all the questions people asked. It starts with guys you know and deteriorates into guys you've never heard of. |
| 6:02
| Pete did alter the order of the questions slightly. Steve thought it was funny that some of these guys got to ask questions first and then Del Negro actually treats them like they're on real networks. Pete's going to play what he has, maybe it's a masterpiece. |
| 6:03
| It starts to drop off when Tom Shaerer of CSN asks a question. That's Crazy Sports Network right? Pete thought it was TSN. Maybe that's the Tom Shaerer Network. Steve has the Steve Dahl Network, he broadcasts to his dog in his basement. |
| 6:04
| That thing really drops off quickly. They need to start limiting the number of press passes they're giving out to these things. |
| 6:05
| Vinnie the Negro probably doesn't know who any of these guys are but John Paxson must know. Pat Benkowski from Spotlight TV, what is that?! It's just him in front of a camera at Best Buy! If Steve called over there he could probably get a press pass but he's tried with the Bears and he can't but all those idiots can. |
| 6:06
| The Bears have it set up so that they have to make room for you in the press box. Steve buys 4 tickets, he doesn't need to be in the press box. So the Bears are making money off of him and he's reporting for free. But that's not how it works. |
| 6:07
| Steve doesn't even remember how he knows Pat Benkowski Buzz thought he worked for the Sun-Times, then Crain's. Steve doesn't remember all the details but he does remember that even back then it was some fake thing. Like he buys a half hour at 3 am on NBC and does a show from his basement like Rupert Pupkin. |
| 6:08
| Vinnie did seem to win over Mark Giangreco and Jill Carlson. Jill has a new haircut that's very flattering to her face. |
| 6:09
| Mike Adamle is back on NBC. They need to get Bruce Wolf back! Steve can't wit Mike though. Buzz watched it last night, Pete should probably check it out. Did Adamle accidentally throw out the c-word again? |
| 6:10
| Steve keeps reading about how Adamle is an instructor at some school that Joan Esposito (once married to Tommy Shaw) is running. It's some sort of broadcasting school so we're going to have a whole generation of sportscasters who stammer and accidentally say the c-word. |
| 6:11
| Caller Hal is wondering why Brendan Greeley wasn't at the Del Negro press conference, for SDN Sports. Is that Buzz's pen that's clicking? Does he have that thing on mic? His pen is literally louder than he is. Buzz is clicking a code "All our ships at sea" What's he doing over there?! |
| 6:12
| Brendan actually works for a real show. He would have legitimized the whole thing, at least before Grobstein blew the bottom out of it. Steve can get him a press pass although now he's on kiddie porn watch. |
| 6:13
| They're having closing arguments for the trial today. Steve actually prefers Brendan to be covering the trial because then a cute intern is out there answering phones. |
| 6:14
| Hal has been listening since 1981 and he has to say this is Steve's best line-up. He's not just talking about Steve and Buzz but everyone. Stephanie and Pete and Mary, Jim, Brendan, Ed. Adam! Let's throw Adam in there too. Plus Jordan and Vicki and Caitlin the interns. Caitlin is on probation, she needs to shut the yapper when she's in next week. |
| 6:15
| Caitlin wasn't yapping on the air she was talking to callers. They were tired by the time they got on the air. She did have her own show on her college station. |
| 6:16
| So we'll come back and hear that Mike Adamle tape. Why does he keep getting work? It must be the Sweetness and Northwestern connections. He's a nice enough guy though. Pete thinks he's like the local media version of Matthew McConaughey, he takes his shirt off whenever there's an opportunity. |
| 6:17
| When Steve was working on sports radio after Garry left-when they wanted him to be more like Don Imus-they were trying to team him up with Mike Adamle. That was Larry Wert trying to set that up, Mike must have something on him. Or maybe Larry's in love with him. They're both very athletic. If you're with Adamle he probably pulls some tail but he's not very well-spoken. As a closer he's probably not as good as Larry is. |
| 6:18
| Larry's a sales guy, he can sell. He's a closer and he's quite good at it. Sales guys can do it better than most broadcasters. Steve had a very pleasant meeting yesterday with the women from McCracken Financial. They brought Steve a donut maker too. |
| 6:19
| Ryan Lieberman, Powder, brought some kid up to the office. Steve thought he was with McCracken financial but he was just some sales kid. He looked like he was 10 though. |
| 6:20
| Steve told him he'd never met him before. That probably wasn't very encouraging to the McCracken people although really all he has to do is write up the order. |
| 6:21
| He looked really young though, he was actually wearing a Boy Scout uniform. It's tragic what happened at that Boy Scout camp. Do you get a merit badge for that? |
| 6:28
| That Mike Adamle audio wasn't that bad although Steve missed the beginning. He was in the Green Room getting some coffee from his Keurig machine. |
| 6:29
| Steve was going to fill the tank up with Evian but then he realized that was ridiculous. So he took an empty bottle and filled that up with the cooler in the kitchen. |
| 6:30
| The tank is clear and there's a fill line but as it turns out you're not supposed to go that high because the tank is slanted. So Steve is pouring in the front and it's going out the back. There are paper towels there which made Steve wonder how many have been ruined by water. |
| 6:31
| Steve has to blame Stephanie for not refilling the tank the last time she made a cup in there. He can't call up to the office because Brendan is on hold and only one line is working. Didn't we file a formal complaint about that? |
| 6:32
| Where's Steven Wright, is he on vacation or something? There's only one show, it should be same day service. Todd told Steve that the guy who does the Jack voice work is taking some time off, his mom passed away. |
| 6:33
| It's not like Steve and Jack are co-workers or anything, Steve doesn't care about any of that. Steve also learned that when some of those mean Jack promos slip in, they were the ones written by the Jack voice. We all decided that it's better that he doesn't do his own promos. Some how the mean ones slip in though. Isn't Steve self-deprecating enough? |
| 6:34
| Steve calls up to the office, we've got new phone numbers so hopefully this works. Stephanie had the same issue with the water spilling out. Yet she's leaving Steve to have the same thing happen to him during a 4 minute break? |
| 6:35
| Stephanie brought the donut maker down during the break. Can we use Buzz's beignet batter in the donut maker? It's pretty much the same thing right? |
| 6:36
| Buzz would prefer not to bring his batter in. Is it a secret recipe directly from Cafe du Monde, under lock and key at his house? |
| 6:37
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 6:38
| Cherokee Ed was out at Steve's house yesterday along with The Little Guys remote control guy. Ed needs to put his hair in a ponytail or something. |
| 6:39
| Steve always feels bad making fun of Ed once he sees him. He's not being too mean is he? He love The Little Guys, they're his go to guys for electronics. |
| 6:40
| On the way in today Steve heard how Monster Cable is going to introduce some sort of wireless HD set-up so you don't need all those cords. |
| 6:41
| Caller Jeff has some Pat Benkowski info. Earlier Steve and Buzz were talking about the various guys who have press credentials and are from made up news outlets like Spotlight TV. |
| 6:42
| Jeff always sees Pat at a bar in Indiana, he has some sort of trivia game and he sits there with a microphone. He's almost positive the game is called Spotlight TV. |
| 6:43
| Pat must be some sort of sporting idiot savant, like Les Grobstein. He sort of reminds Jeff of the first Jeopardy host. Alex Trebek? Maybe he's not thinking of Jeopardy. |
| 6:44
| Steve has some Pat Benkowski audio, it must be from last year. They celebrated their 1,000th show last year. |
| 6:45
| This must be on some channel, Steve's thinking cable access. His sponsors are Bats by Buck and the Frosty Mug. |
| 6:46
| He's working hard, he's also got Huck Finn Donuts. Have a Becky Thatcher! They're advertising their 1/3rd pound burger, is that something you want to brag about? |
| 6:47
| You've got a half pound burger, a 3/4th pound burger but a 1/3rd pound sounds like you're being shorted. |
| 6:48
| He's also got a dentist advertising there. It seems like he doesn't have to pay for anything. He goes to Huck Finn and gets a Becky Thatcher, has his teeth fixed and then gets a Pat Benkowski bat at Bats by Buck. |
| 6:49
| All of these people should be advertising on this show, Steve's creating leads here. |
| 6:50
| OK, so Pat is standing at a completely empty U.S. Cellular Field, talking about the Cubs. Oh wait, there is one guy. |
| 6:51
| This only proves that they will give out press passes to everyone but Steve. He never asked though but they'd probably give him one. He doesn't want to go to the press conference, the press passes just look cool. |
| 6:52
| Steve finally got his White Sox press pass because Ed Farmer always wants him to come up to the booth. Ed doesn't understand that you need a press pass to get up there. |
| 6:53
| The burger talk reminded Buzz that he stopped by Johnny Rockets yesterday and it's no longer there. He is bummed. He thought it was a landmark but maybe nothing is a landmark. |
| 6:54
| It's not a landmark, it's a chain but it's still good. Steve was once on a cruise that had Johnny Rockets and it was all free. Steve gained about 100 pounds on that cruise. At one point the side of the boat he was sleeping on was listing. |
| 7:00
| Alright Steve has some more of this Pat Benkowski show. It's very lethargic. He's on his 1,004th show which is a lot. Steve wishes he would have kept track of the number of shows he's done. |
| 7:01
| It seems like every other day Ellen is celebrating some landmark show. She was just giving away money to viewers with Vince Vaughn. |
| 7:02
| He was only hugging the women with one arm if they weren't attractive. Maybe he didn't want to have a territorial thing with Ellen. Ellen chose a fairly attractive single mother of 5 to go into one of those money booths. It was interesting to see Ellen stuff cash into this woman's bra. That's Steve's afternoon as a middle-aged house wife. |
| 7:03
| Alright back to the Pat Benkowski tape. Isn't it mesmerizing...how slow...he's talking? He's at U.S. Cellular where it's completely empty except for two guys cutting the lawn. |
| 7:04
| He's talking about the Cubs being in first place, this is from last year. He says "Let's go over to that ballpark and talk to some of the guys helping them win" probably because he doesn't know who he's going to be talking to. |
| 7:05
| His first question is about Lou and Tony LaRussa both being from Tampa. Then he fills it in with some press conference. Steve needs to shut his browser though because he can't stop watching this. Steve just wants to hear Pat at the Vinnie the Negro press conference. |
| 7:06
| Brendan is on the line, he's at 26th and California for the closing arguments in the R. Kelly trial. Closing arguments, that's where a case can be won or lost. This is where Brendan's knowledge of the court system really helps us. He's taking Steve and Buzz to school. |
| 7:07
| As we learned from Matthew McConaughey's closing arguments in A Time to Kill, racism still exists in the South. Was that a John Grisham book? They all seem pretty much the same and the movie either features Tom Cruise, Matthew McConaughey or whoever is hot at the time. |
| 7:08
| Steve knew racism still existed in the South. Although later he's going to read an article about a Middle Eastern guy who was arrested for using hate speech against white people. |
| 7:09
| Brendan is expecting to see Shauna Bollicker and Sam Adams Jr. do the closing arguments. What about this videotape, are they going to have to tell the jury that it's not a pristine copy? |
| 7:10
| Brendan won't know that until he gets into court today. It doesn't seem like something the jury needs to know but Buzz disagrees. The video isn't what they said it was, it's a lesser quality. |
| 7:11
| How could they have made a bad copy of the video? It seems like something we would do and they we'd have to yell at Pete or Jim for making a bad copy. It's not something a Cook County prosecutor should do. |
| 7:12
| A Northwest side man was charged with a hate crime and his three sons charged with felony aggravated battery in an alleged attack on a motorist in which racial epithets were shouted. Originally Steve thought this was about him and his sons. |
| 7:13
| Mahmoud Alkhazelah of 5500 North Mango, where Steve thinks he'd like to live, was also charged with aggravated battery and vehicle invasion. On June 9th a man honked his horn to get Alkhazelah to step out of the path of his truck. |
| 7:14
| Alkhazelah called the victim a "blue-eyed devil" an "American (expletive)" during the physical attack that included rock throwing. Buzz would consider "blue-eyed devil" a compliment. |
| 7:15
| Steve probably would too, at least until the guy started throwing rocks at him. Alkhazelah and his three sons Ahmad, Ala and Ali were all in court yesterday. It's like a MIddle Eastern My Three Sons. |
| 7:16
| The father was held in lieu of $60,000 bail so they're not liquid right now. They're all in the lock-up actually, they don't have that kind of money. |
| 7:17
| The motorist was driving his truck on Mango Avenue, which sounds so pleasant, when Alkhazelah stood in the street blocking the vehicle's path. The driver honked but Alkhazelah wouldn't move. Then he started to strike the man and throw rocks at him. That's the weapon of choice. |
| 7:18
| That's a hate crime right there because of the "blue-eyed devil". Alkhazelah, who was released Wednesday night, said he did not use hate speech and said the truck driver started the fight by almost hitting him, then calling him a "Pakistani (expletive)" He's not even Pakistani! |
| 7:19
| The father and three songs were back in their apartment by the time police arrived. Witnesses directed police to the family home where a woman answered the door. She said the men weren't home but officers heard doors closing and locking in the house. |
| 7:20
| The men are due back in court on June 16th so Brendan should keep that day open on his calendar. |
| 7:28
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:29
| The guy in this live read wants to buy a condo with no money down. David told him that he's more likely to give birth to an elephant. He probably actually said that to the guy too. |
| 7:30
| Live read: The Little Guys |
| 7:31
| Steve got a little backed up but this is all good stuff to know. You need to get an HDTV, have some pride in yourself! |
| 7:32
| Alright time for the web poll. Steve can't remember yesterday's web poll for the life of him. The quest was "Are you waiting for Pete Wentz to bring music back to MTV?" He's got some new show on MTV that will play videos, it's crazy. |
| 7:33
| 66% of the people said no and you can put Steve in that category. Today's question is "Have you ever been to SPACE?" As in the final frontier? |
| 7:34
| A group of Chicago visionaries has unveiled a country club for music lovers. Buzz is familiar with this, he's been there. So his answer is yes. Steve hasn't been, probably because Buzz saw to it that they excluded him. |
| 7:35
| It was only just created recently. Is Buzz a charter member? He's only rehearsed there but he knows a few people who started it. |
| 7:36
| The country club for music was started by a few local Chicago musicians. Why did Steve start talking golf lessons if they have this country club? |
| 7:37
| Steve actually stopped on his way home to hit some golf balls yesterday. The guy in the pro shop gave him some attitude though. |
| 7:38
| You get 60 golf balls for 2 tokens. Steve told the guy he wanted 60 balls and he replied "You mean 2 tokens?!" Thanks for doing the math. |
| 7:39
| This thing sounds like a good idea but it's in Evanston. Steve doesn't go to Evanston, it's too hard to get there for him. It's easier than getting to Des Moines which is where he used to rehearse. |
| 7:40
| Creative types have long been underrepresented when it comes to social clubs but no more. The building has three components, a pizzeria called Union that features pizza and sandwiches, a 3,000 square foot music venue called SPACE and the League of Creative Musicians, a members only lounge and recording studio. |
| 7:41
| Memberships run from $2,500 to $7,500 a year. What does that $5,000 difference get you? Members get an allotted number of hours in the studio plus preferred booking in the venue and access to the dining room. |
| 7:42
| Specter had his CD release party there last month, hopefully it went well. Buzz says it did go well. Did he go? He's really holding out on Steve here. |
| 7:43
| Steve would like to join this, they'll have him right? Just the rehearsal space and the venue sounds great. |
| 7:44
| Steve needs to get a band from around here to tour with. It was just too hard, logistically, to get together with The Nadas. Will Buzz put in a good word for Steve? Will he be his sponsor? |
| 7:45
| Alright what should Steve do here? Does he need to break before news? Let's hear from Tyrone first. |
| 7:46
| Tyrone's checking in with some traffic. State police are on the scene of a multi car crash on the Bishop Ford near South Holland. There's no North Holland right? |
| 7:47
| They must be talking about Holland Holland. Tyrone doesn't like wooden shoes, or dikes. |
| 7:48
| The 5 vehicle crash happened on the inbound lanes around 6 am. This might not be relevant no more. It's from Mark Czerniec's page, he ain't from the city. |
| 7:49
| Mark probably thinks that a 5 car crash will take weeks to clean up and it probably does up in Racine. |
| 7:50
| Mark Czerniec says that NBC just updated this info 5 minutes ago and Google says it's still bad. He doesn't know, he's not from Chicago. Those cars have probably been dumped into Lake Calumet by now. |
| 7:51
| Mark probably can't even hear the show now, he's under water. There's a lot of flood up in Wisconsin and people are surprised by it. If the name of your town has the word river or lake in it you should expect a flood. |
| 7:52
| How about that stupid lake up in Wisconsin, who built that thing? They had better levies in New Orleans. |
| 7:53
| Alright that's all Tyrone has. He's not sure about the relevance of what he's done and he hopes he didn't offend Mark Czerniec too much. He just doesn't know, we've got way more tragedies down here. |
| 7:54
| Tyrone's going to stop in for some breakfast at Paul Bunyon's. They're still pretty racist up here though, they've got a "Colored Only" section in the restaurant and he has to use separate water slides and go-kart tracks. |
| 8:02
| Does Pete have the guy from last night who was mad as a wet hen |
| 8:03
| Good news Buzz, the King of Evanston, Ron Lewis, has already given Steve Stuart Rosenberg's contact info. Stuart runs that SPACE place. |
| 8:04
| Buzz is hoping that Ron also knows that Stuart is in the hospital. He probably doesn't otherwise he would have said something. Is Buzz the King of Evanston? |
| 8:05
| Ron also said that the pizza is really good at SPACE. Sometimes Ron is like a woman. Yesterday in the weekly meeting he was asking Steve where Pat and Rachael will be living. Does Steve look like Janet? |
| 8:06
| Steve will only know where they're living once he actually drives up there to see the place. Right now they're living in Steve's basement. He might rent that out to strippers. |
| 8:07
| Steve knows we have the news coming up but first it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Today's the day when someone calls in and tells Steve what they're having for lunch. |
| 8:08
| Alright Todd is on the phone, he's Steve's Taco Pal today. Todd's out in the Southwest suburbs. He's in Oak Lawn, Steve was just going to guess that. He was just out there but unfortunately it was for a wake. |
| 8:09
| One of the Larkin & Moran Brothers died, he was hit by a car. He was walking his dog and it ran out into the street. One driver actually stopped but then the guy in back of him got impatient and went around him. |
| 8:10
| Todd's going to go with 2 Cheesy Bean Burritos. That's a pound of beans! Hopefully the next time Steve is in Oak Lawn it's for a better reason. The last two times he's been there it was for funerals. |
| 8:11
| They have a lot of cemeteries just south of there so there are a lot of funeral homes in the Oak Lawn area. |
| 8:12
| Alright Steve is going to take one more break and then it's news. Steve apologizes to Buzz although we did do the story about the Middle Eastern sons. |
| 8:20
| That's the guy who's mad as a wet hen. What does he expect, he lives in a town that has lake in it's name! |
| 8:21
| One of those towns just recently canceled their federal flood insurance to save some money. That's not really smart. |
| 8:22
| Pete needs to get the longer one from the afternoon. They shortened it at night, stealing the soul of Bob Pagliucci's piece. At 4:30 they did a half hour on the guy. |
| 8:23
| He was trying to squeegee his garage at 4:30. They also showed that at 10 pm though. |
| 8:24
| The girls from McCracken Financial are on the phone, they're going to bring down some batter for that donut maker on Monday. Buzz won't cut loose with his beignet batter. |
| 8:25
| They're not going to bring their dad are they? One of the girls brought their dad yesterday, how is Steve supposed to make anything happen there? It was like he was in one of their basements in high school. |
| 8:26
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 8:27
| News with Buzz |
| 8:28
| A tornado turned a Boy Scout camp into a tragic scene. 4 scouts were killed and more were injured. |
| 8:29
| Jim Johnson has stepped down as the head of Obama's VP search team. He was under fire because of some loans he accepted from Countrywide. |
| 8:30
| Obama has opened up what Gallup calls a significant statistical lead over John McCain. |
| 8:31
| John McCain, appearing on the Today Show, was asked if he had an estimate of when troops would come home from Iraq. He said that was not too important but what is important is the fatalities. |
| 8:32
| That did not sit well with Democrats, including John Kerry. You know it's bad when John Kerry is against you. Here's a guy who served in Vietnam and some how had that used against him when he ran for President. |
| 8:33
| NASA beamed up another wake-up call to the astronauts, today was Crystal Frontier by Calexico. It sounds like the I Love Lucy theme. Unfortunately Buzz doesn't know why it's appropriate for Commander Mark Kelly. |
| 8:34
| Steve's pretty sure Calexico is sort of a surfing band but he's not really sure. They're considered alternative so it's not really something Buzz would hear at his favorite Mexican restaurant. |
| 8:35
| Texas carried out it's first execution of the year yesterday. Karl Chamberlain's last meal request was easily the most extensive since Texas resumed capitol punishment in 1982. |
| 8:36
| He requested a fresh fruit tray with as many options as possible, a fresh vegetable tray, slices of cheese and lunch meat with ranch dip, two deviled eggs, 6 jalapeno's stuffed with cheese, a chef's salad, a plate of onion rings with ketchup and hot sauce. Can Steve recommend steak sauce? It might be too late. |
| 8:37
| Also, french fries covered in cheese with ranch on the side, a bacon double cheeseburger with grilled onions, mayo, garlic and onion powder, two pieces of fried chicken, breast preferred, one bean and cheese quesadilla with sour cream and guacamole if possible. |
| 8:38
| A three egg omelet with mushroom and ham, two BBQ pork rolls, a pitcher of OJ, a pitcher of milk but no dessert, he's cutting back. He doesn't want to wear an extender belt. Clean up was probably not a breeze on that. |
| 8:39
| A high ranking federal judge presiding over an obscenity trial has admitted to posting sexually explicit images on his own website. |
| 8:40
| The Chicago City Council has approved moving the Children's Museum despite protests against him. Alderman Brendan Reilly got riled up. Steve's not taking a side on this but if you take Lower Randolph to the end, that's where they want to put the museum. There's nothing down there. |
| 8:41
| Steve doesn't really care, it seems like there are more important things to worry about. He only cares if it clears the way for gambling at Navy Pier. There's already stuff in Grant Park so how is this any different? |
| 8:42
| Steve's not saying that to suck up to Daley or the Pritzker's. Although he wouldn't mind sucking up to the Pritzker's. Those kids museums are dopey, it's just finger painting and giant Legos. Take your kids to the McDonald's Playland, it's free. |
| 8:43
| Stephanie Izzard was named the winner of Top Chef Chicago last night. Hopefully no one is planning on watching that on TiVo. Buzz doesn't think you can stop the news. OK guy who won't watch Swingtown. Buzz almost deleted it last night but couldn't do it. Steve feels he'll be disappointed once he watches it. |
| 8:44
| An 82-year-old Spokane man lost his life helping his wife park a car in their garage. Police say the victim was helping his wife park their car in their garage when he became pinned against the wall. |
| 8:45
| When Buzz worked as a surgical orderly he saw a case like this. The husband was directing the wife into a parking space. The wife confused the accelerator with the break and pinned him against a window. He crashed through the window which chopped his legs off. |
| 8:46
| It was up to Buzz to carry the legs right past the wife. She asked him how he was doing and he had the option of telling her, while carrying the legs in a laundry basket, or just saying he wasn't sure. He told her he wasn't sure. |
| 8:47
| Forbes has released it's list of top celebrities. Oprah is number 1, followed by Tiger Woods. Angelina Jolie is in third with $14 million. It's based on income, internet popularity and TV coverage. |
| 8:48
| Oprah's been doing a 21-day cleanse and blogging about it. Week 2 was spotty, there might have been a midweek wine binge. If you're keeping a blog of your diet it should be everyday, not just when you stick with the diet. |
| 8:49
| Week 3 begins on a Tuesday. The chef that she was using, Tal, is now gone. Oprah ordered from a vegan restaurant and brought some things home like gluten-free waffles. Steve's guessing she does not actually haul the waffles, it's probably her driver doing it. Steadman can't help, he's too busy lecturing people on how to be successful. |
| 8:50
| Oprah can't wait to return to gluten. The Morningstar veggie sausages are a keeper though. Once again this blog is very spotty. There are 4 days missing so far, what happened on those days? She probably ate an entire cow. |
| 8:51
| Oprah's so relatable with those sausages. But she's tired from the 148 shows she did. And how much money does she make off each one? You wouldn't be able to stop Steve from making shows. |
| 8:52
| That being said, Steve's here if Oprah needs him. She can't be getting what she needs from Steadman, that's why she's always messing around with these diets. |
| 8:58
| There's some more from Bob Paganuci out in Fox Lake. Again, it's called Fox Lake! Steve feels bad for him though, it was supposed to be paradise. |
| 8:59
| Squeegeeing your garage won't work if the water level hasn't gone down. That's because water seeks it's own level. |
| 9:00
| Live read: Sport Clips |
| 9:01
| Steve's going to put Pat Boyle on the air but first a report from Brendan. He doesn't want Pat to feel like an outsider even though he is. He never comes down here! He's been down twice and once it was because he had to be downtown for court or something. |
| 9:02
| Brendan phones those in so when his cell drops Pete has been instructed to dub his voice in. You can't even tell, Pete's Brendan is right on. |
| 9:03
| Alright now on to Pat Boyle. The Cubs had a bittersweet win last night. They got their 10th straight win but Soriano got hit by a pitch and broke his wrist. There's going to be retaliation today right? |
| 9:04
| Actually Ryan Dempster did hit a Brave but he didn't break the guy's wrist. Steve talked to Jim and Pete about this earlier and there was no mention. Pete? Did he not watch the whole game? |
| 9:05
| Actually last night was one of the few games he watched in it's entirety. Steve can't call Jim to hassle him because only one outgoing line works. It's not really fun to hassle Pete because he just doesn't care. |
| 9:06
| It seems like there needs to be more retaliation by the Cubs. They break Soriano's wrist, we have to break a Brave's wrist. |
| 9:07
| Alright Jim is on the phone he had to call a request line. Did Jim even see the game? Jim might have been on his way home from a bar when Dempster hit the guy on the Braves. |
| 9:08
| Pete and Jim aren't even real fans, they just like wearing the hats and t-shirts. Ed's more of a Cubs fan than they are. He follows the team around the country! Although he might actually be dating a player. Every time Steve talks to Ed he's at a Cubs game. |
| 9:09
| Jim always gets emails from Ed with photos from his "cheap seats" which are in the second row. That's because he's dating a player and is in the player's wife section. |
| 9:10
| It sounds to Pat like Jim was out working some girls at the bar last night instead of watching the game. He just got engaged though, he shouldn't be doing that. |
| 9:11
| So Soriano got hit and it happened just like this...is this Pat setting Steve up for the audio? That's how they do it on Comcast. |
| 9:12
| It doesn't seem like Dempster hitting a guy in the ribs is the same as the Braves breaking Soriano's wrist. Pat doesn't think they hit Soriano on purpose though. |
| 9:13
| The guy throwing for the Braves last night was a last minute addition. His birthday was on Tuesday so it's Pat's conspiracy theory that the guy was out on Rush Street celebrating because he didn't know he'd be pitching the next day. |
| 9:14
| Soriano's injury overshadowed a great pitching performance by Ryan Dempster, he went the distance. Bob Brenly said that if there was any justice Dempster would strike the last batter with a split-finger. Did he do that? Steve can't ask Jim and Pete because obviously they don't know. They were probably too busy going through their drawers looking for just the right Cubs shirt to wear. |
| 9:15
| Don't Pat and Pete have any Sox lowlights? Steve doesn't really want to talk about them anyway, it was embarrassing. They lost 5-1 to the Tigers. Tonight Mark Buehrle faces Kenny Rogers. |
| 9:16
| The last time Rogers pitched at U.S. Cellular he got shelled. After he was taken out he went into the clubhouse and took a bat to the coffee machine. He ended up having to cut the Sox a check for $10,000 to replace it. |
| 9:17
| That's a lot for a coffee machine. Are they making themselves lattes in there? What happened to the Greenies? It's time to get those back so you don't need $10,000 coffee machines. |
| 9:18
| And finally what about Vinnie the Negro? He was introduced at a press conference yesterday and answered some questions about his lack of experience. |
| 9:19
| He sort of seems full of himself. When every you say "Once you get to know me and learn what I'm all about" you're full of yourself. Steve's full of himself but even he wouldn't say that. Who thinks about what they're all about? |
| 9:20
| Vinnie seems like a good guy and Steve likes Paxson and he knows he's not an idiot. What Steve did glean from the press conference is that Skiles must have been brutal on those players. |
| 9:21
| The only issue Pat can see with Del Negro is that his lack of any experience will make it easy for players to start challenging him. If he doesn't win in the first year or two though things will probably go down hill quickly. |
| 9:22
| We already talked about all the non-entity media outlets at the press conference including Pat Benkowski's Spotlight Network. We already played the montage of that but we can hear it again. |
| 9:23
| Pat was waiting for Ben Gay to stand up and ask Vinnie a question. Ben's the sports director for Fresh FM. Ben would love to take Vinnie out for a fritata and ask what kind of product he's using in his hair. |
| 9:24
| How's the BKN doing? Steve just got his White Sox press pass but now he wants it to say he's from the Steve Dahl Network. |
| 9:25
| You can't give credentials to everyone can you?! Basically it's a season ticket for these knuckleheads with free food. |
| 9:26
| If you give Steve season tickets and free food he'll never say a bad word about your. He can be bought. |
| 9:27
| The U.S. Open starts today, Mary's probably looking forward to that. Doesn't Pat listen to the show? Steve went to hit a bucket of balls yesterday afternoon. |
| 9:28
| Pat didn't even know Steve took his first lesson. What's Pat doing over there? Did he just come off a bender or something? |
| 9:29
| Pat's been busy getting the family ready for a vacation. Steve thinks he needs to drop the family, they're becoming an albatross. |
| 9:37
| Ron Santo thought Soriano got hit in the head last night but it was the hand. The head probably would have been better with the helmet on. You gotta love Ron but apparently he's also going blind. |
| 9:38
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:39
| Alright time for another report from Brendan at the R. Kelly trial. |
| 9:40
| Once again Steve's calling for 6 months minimum in prison just for that Trapped in the Closet song. |
| 9:41
| Caller Bill has to stand up for his guy Ron Santo, literally. He got hit in the wrist but it skipped and knocked his helmet off. Seeing it live it looked like he got hit in the head. |
| 9:42
| Steve might recall that Santo got hit really bad in the head in his third year. He's one of the reasons why players started wearing side flaps on their helmet. Steve likes Ron, it's just funny. |
| 9:43
| You have to appreciate the fact that nothing gets Ron down. There's nothing wrong with Steve and he complains all day. Plus Ron is always off during the broadcast and misses key plays. |
| 9:44
| When Bill sees Ron getting the call about not getting into the Hall of Fame this year it'll be on a phone that Steve bought him. Does Bill want to hear Steve's recreation of that? |
| 9:45
| Did Bill pick a number yet? Who is Steve to make fun of anyone, he can't remember what happened 20 seconds ago. |
| 9:52
| All Steve is saying about Santo is that he's always got something else going on. There's nothing wrong with that though. |
| 9:53
| There's a listener who emails Steve on a regular basis, Josh. He seems like a nice enough guy but he has sent Steve 12 emails today. When he gets the 13th one he's calling the police. |
| 9:54
| That is too many emails from a dude listener that Steve met once at a live remote. That's too many emails from a girlfriend or a wife or a family member. Steve actually got the 13th email at 9:08, he's officially a stalker. |
| 9:55
| We now go live to our reporter at the R. Kelly trial, Brendan Greeley. Steve likes to call him The Grinder. R. Kelly just arrived for what could be the last time. |
| 9:56
| Steve doesn't want to mess up Brendan's status as a court reporter but R. Kelly will have to be there at least once more for the verdict and possibly the sentencing. |
| 9:57
| Steve thinks he's going to be found guilty. If the jury doesn't know about the tape being degraded then it could happen. Buzz is hoping for a walk away. As a celebrity he prefers to see celebrities go free. If Michael Jackson didn't go to jail why should R. Kelly? |
| 9:58
| Michael Jackson didn't tape anything though. You can talk all you want about Jesus Juice but no one found a can of Jesus Juice. Quite frankly Michael Jackson has more sense than R. Kelly. |
| 9:59
| Today as R was coming in Brendan thought he was waving to him. Turns out it was Darlene Hill who was standing next to him. You put some braces on her and she could probably look 15 or 16. |
| 10:00
| Steve's sorry that Brendan's heart was broken like that. Brendan has been R. Kelly's staunchest supporter, even while maintaining his journalistic integrity. |
| 10:01
| Steve made a similar mistake at the Sox game when he thought Nick Swisher was looking at him. Steve gave Nick a hard time at first but he's getting his stuff together. It seemed like Nick was undressing Steve with his eyes. |
| 10:02
| Matt and Brendan are doing a webcast today, probably around 1 pm. So you can hear what happened this morning at the trial. |
| 10:03
| Anything we need to know today Buzz? The only story is the U.S. Supreme Court, they ruled that Guantanamo detainees have Constitutional rights while they're being held. That's nice of us. |
