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| 5:32
| We still like this theme right? Steve has settled on this particular cut and what a stunning cut it is. It certainly captures Steve's lively spirit in the morning, as well as his winning attitude. It also wastes a couple of minutes. |
| 5:33
| Buzz is doing good today, which is awesome. That's awesome Hawk. Actually Darrin Jackson was not on the Sox broadcast last night, he's out with knee surgery. It seems weird that a broadcaster wouldn't wait until the off-season to have knee surgery. Even some players would wait until the off-season for knee surgery. |
| 5:34
| Not DJ though, he takes a lot of time off during the season. His wife had a kid and he took several weeks off. Unless you're the obstetrician you don't need to take any time off. Taking that much time off sends a bad message to your wife. |
| 5:35
| Steve imagines that DJ will be off for a while, it takes a long time to recover from knee surgery. The last person Steve remembers having knee surgery was Wendy Snyder. We don't really have an off-season on this show but the summer is the closest thing. A lot of people are on vacation in the summer so the ratings don't count as much. |
| 5:36
| Wendy is still out recuperating and we wish her the best. Buzz heard that the knee is fully recovered, he still keeps in touch. More likely Buzz doesn't know how to not keep in contact. They show up at his gigs and a few tequilas in he's Mr. Friendly. |
| 5:37
| It's nice that Buzz can maintain that relationship, Steve certainly has no ill-feelings toward Wendy. Steve's just not interested in maintaining a relationship that does him no good. He's just a jerk. |
| 5:38
| This is why Steve can't think of anyone to take to the Sox game tonight, except for one of his sons. Everyone on the show is a Cubs fan except Buzz, who would require a ride home. |
| 5:39
| Dan Plesac, who normally does the Cubs post-game on Comcast, was filling in for DJ last night. Steve heard some of it because he left the game early and it was pretty good. The Sox ended up winning that game in the 14th inning. |
| 5:40
| Steve shouldn't have seen that on TV since it was midnight but his power came back on. Everything came on at once which woke Steve up and he decided to watch the end of the game. Then Steve switched over and watched the Twins lose so it worked out perfectly. It was midnight though but Steve will be fine. |
| 5:41
| The Sox won on a Nick Swisher home run so now they're back in first place. Both teams are in first place now so everything is good. It didn't look like the Sox were going to win so Steve and Pat left. Then they got in the car and Paul Konerko hit a home run. |
| 5:42
| Mike and Matt were also at the game so Pat was fielding text messages from them saying he and Steve were wusses. Pat was also on the phone with his wife every 5 minutes, she's in North Carolina so he was supposed to pick her up at the airport. Buzz says she should just take a cab. |
| 5:43
| Pat's wife's grandmother passed away. 5 minutes after the first call Pat got another call where he learned that he now had to go to North Carolina. Pat's phone is very loud so Steve could hear the entire conversation, it was kind of funny. |
| 5:44
| It was also funny to see Pat try to not get mad that he had to go to North Carolina. He was supposed to go to the Bears game tomorrow night with Steve. Buzz doesn't want to prod or push this any further but he doesn't understand why Pat needs to go to North Carolina. As you can imagine, Pat is a great comfort. He's always there to tell you when you're breathing too loudly. |
| 5:45
| Steve would take Buzz to the Sox game tonight but there's no way to drop him off and get home at a reasonable time. Steve will take Buzz to a Bears game sometime this year though. |
| 5:46
| Buzz isn't sure about going to a Bears game, every time he's been they've lost. Maybe he was just going to games when the team was really bad? This was during the Neil Armstrong era. The Bears first mistake was that they were being coached by an astronaut. |
| 5:47
| There was a guy sitting in front of Steve last night who thought he was bad luck, every time he'd been to a game the Sox had lost. But then last night they won. Maybe Steve was bad luck since the Sox started winning when he left. |
| 5:48
| Caller Laurie was watching the ABC news last night and saw the photo that Mike Dahl sent in. They also showed that yesterday morning but Judy Hsu pronounced "Dahl" incorrectly" |
| 5:49
| So who threw down the photo last night? Jerry Taft? Kathy Brock? Laurie thought it was Kathy Brock. Did she say something about the photo being from the son of the very attractive Steve Dahl? |
| 5:50
| Steve was home at 10 but he was caught up watching the Sox game. He also might have been a little mad because of how hot the house was. The power was still out at the time but the guy who just built the new house across the street has a whole-house generator. |
| 5:51
| This is the guy that Steve fully intends on keeping up with. Janet keeps telling Steve about all the stuff he does, he's like a neighborhood legend. Steve's had a generator for years! He might have to reassess his generator power distribution. He'd rather have air conditioning than surround sound. |
| 5:52
| What is Laurie doing up this early? She's a teacher but today she's going up to Lake Forest with her husband to help out at Lake Forest Day. What is that? It's a day-long festival and carnival. Everyone is so rich up there that they can just take a Wednesday off? |
| 5:53
| Mary lives up that way and she read all about Lake Forest Day in the Lakeforester. Lake Forest celebrated it's 100th anniversary on Saturday. When Steve first came to Chicago he was looking at houses on the North Shore. He was told by the realtor that people like him didn't belong on the North Shore. |
| 5:54
| Then Steve moved to Bolingbrook with all the white trash. When Steve said that yesterday he got an email from a woman from Bolingbrook who took exception to his comments. That's just how it used to be, it's certainly not like that now with Drew Peterson and the brilliant legal mind of Lenny Wawczak. |
| 5:55
| Steve has the audio from the ABC news last night. What's with the mispronunciation of Dahl, even the Magemeister didn't get it right. Pete says that Tracy Butler pronounced it correctly earlier in the afternoon. They're getting a lot of mileage out of this photo. Maybe Mike should take a photo of a tree falling on Steve and Buzz. |
| 5:56
| That would be the only promotion that the show would have, it sounds better than a couple of disgruntled interns in a tent. |
| 6:03
| Steve and Buzz will out at Arlington on Friday for a broadcast from 5:30 to 10 am. The first 100 people get free breakfast, for everyone after that it's $7 for adults and $4 for kids. |
| 6:04
| Buzz is seeing here that we actually have a race scheduled between Brendan and David Hochberg. This is the first Steve has heard about it, he might need to call our director of promotions. Who do you wager on in this competition? Steve would take Brendan although he imagines David doesn't like to lose. He seems like a dirty competitor, like he'd cut Brendan's Achilles with a Rambo knife. |
| 6:05
| Adam is still working on the race, he doesn't have final confirmation yet. He hasn't spoken to the people at Arlington about a human race. So really he has nothing planned. All it says is David Hochberg versus Brendan so it could be wrestling or a lively game of Scrabble. |
| 6:06
| Adam's working on figuring on what they can do and what they have room to do. But he hasn't spoken to anyone at Arlington yet. The whole team is working on it. What team, Adam and his omelet? |
| 6:07
| That horse in the Arlington poster looks like he makes a good omelet. What if Steve is hungry before 7:30? Arrangements have been made for the staff including coffee for Buzz. Steve likes coffee too! Everything is done for Buzz, you know how he gets if he doesn't have his coffee. |
| 6:08
| Adam expects to approach Arlington about what we can and can't do once we have a better job of what we want to do and what we're capable of doing. Of all the fake answers Adam has ever given that's the lightest one.. |
| 6:10
| So Adam is basically just trying to ride this out until it's too late to do anything about it right? He's penciled in a temper tantrum from Steve but he can ride that out too, he's done it before. Then he and Jill can get themselves some breakfast. |
| 6:11
| Well it's always fun to talk to Adam. It's great being shined on by one of your own employees, in public. Most people wouldn't tolerate this. |
| 6:12
| Right now we're going through the whole thing where we arrange for Buzz to get out to Arlington Park. It's like he's Neil Diamond and we have to arrange for transport. |
| 6:13
| It's assumed that everyone else can get out there except Buzz. He's getting a ride with Stephanie, who's tires are filled with nitrogen. Steve got an email from Steph's car dealer when they were talking about that Barack Obama stuff yesterday. |
| 6:14
| Adam will be broaching the subject with his guy at Arlington, they're going to try to get human races. He's not going to talk to this guy until Monday after the broadcast! |
| 6:15
| This is leading nowhere so Steve's going to terminate the conversation. What's with Adam's jive-ass persona? You think it's just for air but that's the way it is in a meeting too. It's like Steve is Elvis and Adam is Col. Tom. |
| 6:16
| Caller Dan wanted to let Buzz know that he could take the Metra out to Arlington, it's very convenient. That way he wouldn't have to worry about a DUI. |
| 6:17
| Buzz shouldn't have to worry about a DUI at 4 am on a Friday but you never know with him. He's already arranged for transportation anyway. He's got a big Wheel of Inconvenience that he spins to decide who will give him a ride. Today it's Stephanie. |
| 6:18
| Buzz can catch the train at the Ogilvie Transportation Center downtown. Steve doesn't see Buzz going down there to catch a train but he's already got Stephanie driving him. |
| 6:19
| Stephanie was apparently told by her mom to clean her car before driving Buzz because it's filthy. A lot of time girls have the dirtiest calls. |
| 6:20
| Steve calls up to the office. Stephanie's car is not that dirty, her mom is just a neat freak. She did have her sick dog in there though. Well there you go, that's a good morning to Buzz! It's just dog hair which she has a blanket over now. She'll vacuum it out before Friday though. |
| 6:21
| Steve got this email from a guy at the car dealership where Stephanie got her car. They're filling all of their tires with nitrogen. At first the guy thought he was selling snake oil but the nitrogen does actually work. |
| 6:22
| Is Stephanie typing while talking to Steve? It's actually Vicki, she's on IM with Ed. Ed?! She's 19 for chrissakes! Even Steve knows that's wrong! Vicki says it's about Steve's MySpace page. Has Steve mentioned that today? Did he ask Ed to work with Vicki on it? |
| 6:23
| That email was from Steve at Arlington Toyota. They're the ones who gave Stephanie new tires. She had talked about buying new tires with the winnings from the NCAA pool but they just gave her the tires. What did Steve get out of this, other than the piece of mind of knowing that Buzz will be safe in Stephanie's car with his duffel bag full of harmonicas. You never know when one of the stable boys will want to jam. |
| 6:24
| Vicki can get back to IMing Ed now. Can Stephanie look over and see what they're talking about? Is it professional? Ed did type something about using a bigger photo. There's also a smiley face. Ed uses those way too much. |
| 6:25
| Steph can get back to planning the route to Arlington for Friday. It's like moving the National Treasury. |
| 6:33
| Live read: Discovery Channel |
| 6:34
| Alright we've got the news with Buzz coming up. Before we do that, Steve has a call to make. The Sox won last night, around midnight. Buzz went to bed sure that the Sox wouldn't be in first place. The Cubs won also, they win everyday now. They don't even need that W flag any more, or the L flag. |
| 6:35
| Do they have an L flag Pete? Steve always sees Sox fans holding them up at the Crosstown games. Every time Steve goes to a game he buys one of those lotto tickets. |
| 6:36
| Steve calls the ticket hotline, his number isn't even close. Steve needs to get some sort of book light to put over the phone so he can see the keypad better. |
| 6:37
| News with Buzz |
| 6:38
| This just in, speaking of spy satellites, there's been a coup in Mauritania. Did someone mention spy satellites? Buzz thought he heard someone mention spy satellites. That was The Office drop-in. |
| 6:39
| Steve doesn't even know where Mauritania is but there's been a presidential coup there. The military has taken over. |
| 6:40
| The FBI is planning to release more information about the Anthrax attacks of 2001 to family's of the victims. Some still believe that Bruce Ivins is not guilty of the attacks. |
| 6:41
| The mother of a missing Florida girl has officially been charged in that case. The girl has been missing for over two months. |
| 6:42
| It appears that Brett Favre, who showed up at Packers training camp, will resume his career on a different team. The Tampa Tribune is reporting that QB is willing to accept a trade to the Buccaneers. |
| 6:43
| Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters yesterday that a meeting with Favre did not go well. That guy sounds like a complete idiot. It seems like it's all about him and not Favre. |
| 6:44
| There's a new poll that shows women would prefer to carpool or vacation with Barack Obama over John McCain. Sure, he's got the 6-pack. |
| 6:45
| In related news Paris Hilton has put out her own campaign ad responding to the John McCain ad. It's pretty funny. |
| 6:47
| It's a pretty well-produced spot. She's sitting on a beach chair reading Travel & Leisure, looking for a place to tan. She loves Maui. |
| 6:48
| Political analysts are all over, they're saying that John McCain made a mistake by wandering into Paris Hilton's wheelhouse. Stay out of that! |
| 6:49
| The Chicago Health Department has spotted the first mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus. So far no humans have been infected. |
| 6:50
| The discovery of a woman's body in Alabama has prompted PETA to design a billboard showing a frozen human leg on a platter with vegetables. PETA is hoping to show that people and animals are equal. |
| 6:51
| The billboard would be displayed near the house where Aretha Franklin...no Aletha Franklin's body was discovered. So far there are no takers for the billboard. |
| 6:59
| Did Pete grab that spot from earlier that Steve wanted to hear? It's for some Jack bar events but they've pronounced Corcoran's wrong. They say Cor-Cor-Ans, it's Corcoran's. |
| 7:00
| They ran that spot at 5:30 and Steve meant to play it before. Who does those voiceovers? It's not Jack, it's someone at the station. It's not that big of a deal but on the other hand... |
| 7:01
| So Brett Favre had 9 hours of meeting with Mike McCarthy yesterday. They had to cancel the press conference because it went on for so long. Apparently the meetings didn't go well. How would you like to hear Mike McCarthy talk for 9 hours? He has the feeling of a guy who just won't let it go, he can't stop arguing. |
| 7:02
| Buzz knows that kind of guy, he worked for Greg Solk. He won't stop arguing until he wins. Favre headed back to Mississippi last night to consider his options, which include Tampa Bay or going back into retirement. |
| 7:03
| The Packers are comfortable with third year QB Aaron Rodgers as their starter. How does it take 9 hours to find all of this out? Brett probably wants to be the starting QB and Mike McCarthy has to explain why he shouldn't be. |
| 7:04
| That still seems like it would take 45 minutes at the most. If you listen to Mike McCarthy he sounds like the kind of guy who could drag something out for 9 hours, and a boring 9 hours too. |
| 7:05
| That seems like a really long time to talk about anything. Hopefully someone brought in lunch and snacks, maybe a stripper. 9 hours is a long time, especially talking to Mike McCarthy. He sounds dumb. |
| 7:06
| Favre must have flown to Green Bay just to force the team's hand. It's possible that Favre hung in there for 9 hours. |
| 7:07
| The NFL has released rules of conduct for fans, did Buzz see any of that. One of the rules is no tailgating during games. This article says the Bears say you can't do it any more but it's the NFL. |
| 7:08
| For years Bears fans have shunned Soldier Field to hang out in the surrounding parking lots, watching the game on a big TV, enjoying a food spread and going into their SUV to keep warm or using a restroom on an RV. |
| 7:09
| The new policy goes into effect on Thursday for the first preseason game. Fans will no longer be allowed to remain in the parking lot during the games. Some Bears are roaring mad about it. |
| 7:10
| Season ticket holder Dan Hunt (you might know his brother Mike) says it's not fair. Family and friends often join Hunt to tailgate in hopes of buying a ticket outside the game. If you couldn't find a ticket you could always hang out and tailgate until the game is over. |
| 7:11
| Because of Soldier Field's location on the lake, away from bars you're basically stuck there if you can't find a ticket. In an email to season ticket holders the Bears said the move is part of a crackdown on unruly behavior. |
| 7:12
| Officials said the move was not in response to an increase in problem drinking but part of a league-wide push to improve the fan experience. It doesn't seem like it's gotten any worse at Soldier Field though. |
| 7:13
| The policy will not affect parking lots on 31st Street and outside Michael Reese Hospital since they're not controlled by the Bears or the Park District. |
| 7:14
| Steve needs to find this NFL Code of Conduct though. It's basically telling you that you can't do anything you'd normally want to do at football game. The NFL is making the Bears do this though so it seems unfair to pin it on them. |
| 7:15
| The new Code of Conduct bans unruly or disruptive behavior, drunkenness or signs of alcohol impairment, foul or abusive language or obscene gestures and interference with the game. Some of this stuff seems pretty obvious already. |
| 7:16
| There's no ban on tailgating, it sounds like the Bears just added that themselves. But maybe they're being pressured by the NFL. Why would the Bears care if people tailgate? |
| 7:17
| Caller Joe is a season ticket holder and tailgater. He bases himself on the Waldron Deck which is where Steve parks. That's an awesome tailgate scene. It's pretty well cleaned out during the games though. |
| 7:18
| The South Lot where the guys park the buses and RVs is also pretty cleaned out during the game. The 31st Street lot is where people go to tailgate during the game but don't actually go to the game. That lot isn't affected because it's not owned by the Bears. |
| 7:19
| The 31st Street Lot is the crazy one that's usually packed. That's where the news crews are usually stationed. They always send female reporters out there and they look terrified. |
| 7:20
| They's got some good food out there too. it's not just burgers in brats. Guys have shrimp and lobster and prime rib. Joe will be out there on Thursday with his brother, what's on the menu? |
| 7:21
| You're not allowed to put any posts into the ground so Joe rigged up something on the back of his truck to hold a patio umbrella. In the winter they have a fireplace. |
| 7:22
| They always have the corn hole games out there which is one of Steve's complaints about the tailgating. He's always walking through someone's game. |
| 7:23
| Joe usually goes in there with 3 or 4 other cars and they set up a camp. That way no one can walk through their corn hole games. |
| 7:24
| They usually set up with a grill and a giant Marine cooler packed with beer. They've got some friends who are more Cognac guys so they bring their stuff. |
| 7:25
| Joe's a Michelob guy and then they bring some Amstel and some Bud Lite, something for everyone and enough for people who run out. They've also got Pepsi and Mountain Dew in case Steve stops by. |
| 7:26
| Well it seems like the NFL is the one forcing the Bears to ban tailgating. It seems like they're taking all the fun out of the game though. |
| 7:27
| What are they going to do if they find you tailgating? Are they going to kick all of those people out? |
| 7:34
| Alright time to open the Mailbag, let's see what we have. Actually Steve knows what we have, he already went through the emails. Some of them are self-serving. The first one is Don, who was perusing the website when he noticed how photogenic Steve was. |
| 7:35
| The second email is from Doug Bensing, who used to produce Steve's show. He's the guy who Jay Mariotti attacked at WMVP. On the day Ryne Sandberg retired Steve covered the whole thing. Jay had Larry Bowa lined up to put everything into perspective. |
| 7:36
| Steve went long and Jay got mad but he was afraid to take it out on him so he pushed Doug. Steve told Doug he should file assault charges but he didn't. Then the next day Jay came in and threw $100 at Doug. Steve also thought that was assault. |
| 7:37
| Doug saw an article in USA Weekend about Jack Black. He mentioned singing a parody of The Knack's My Sharona called Ayatollah in a school talent show. That must be Steve's version right? If Steve ever meets Jack he'll have something to talk about. He still wants Jack to play him in the Disco Demolition movie, whenever he gets that back on track. |
| 7:38
| The next emailer is a loyal podcast listener but wants to know why Buzz's sound clips as well as the music rejoins and Pete's drops aren't included. Steve has included Buzz's audio today but the music and drops are different because of digital copyright laws. |
| 7:39
| Steve asks someone about the podcasts every week, mainly getting the drops and rejoin music included. The clips are small enough where it can be considered fair use. |
| 7:40
| The next email is regarding yesterday's email from animal lover Kim who took Steve to task for saying it's OK to kill squirrels if they're damaging your yard. Buzz went home yesterday and decided it is not OK to starve squirrels. |
| 7:41
| This emailer loves squirrels and she wouldn't kill them but she didn't find anything Steve said offensive. Her favorite part was when that woman called in and then hung up on Steve. |
| 7:42
| Emailer Jennifer will continue listening to Steve, sometimes when she's naked. Yesterday she was listening naked in the dark and she could pretend Steve was in the room. That made Steve not hate the blackout as much when he read it. |
| 7:43
| The next emailer was listening to the show yesterday and understand's Steve's frustration with being told people like him didn't belong on the North Shore. The emailer lives in Bolingbrook and takes exception to Steve saying people in Bolingbrook are white trash. |
| 7:44
| The emailer graduated from Lyons Township and then National University. She also had a brain tumor that was removed and she worked through it. She wants to know what Steve considers white trash in Bolingbrook. |
| 7:45
| Steve just meant that it used to be like that but it's not any more, except maybe Drew and the brilliant legal mind of Lenny Wawczak. When Steve lived there people always asked him why he lived in Bolingbrook. City hall and the police station were in a double wide trailer, that's Steve's definition of white trash. |
| 7:46
| When Steve bought the Bolingbrook house he actually thought it was in Downers Grove. One minute he's looking at houses in Downers Grove and the next minute he finds a house that's just as nice and much cheaper. That's because it was in Bolingbrook. |
| 7:51
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 7:52
| We've got the broadcast coming up at Arlington on Friday from 5:30 to 10 am. No word on the human races though, Steve should probably call Adam and see if he's made any progress. |
| 7:53
| Adam has a conference call scheduled with Wesley from Arlington for today at 10 with Jill. They also have some more information about the breakfast, there's going to be eggs, bacon and sausage but no word on whether it's patties or links. What happened to Jill's attention to detail? |
| 7:54
| Adam doesn't know if they're scrambled eggs or an omelet station, there will be biscuits but no word on hash browns. |
| 7:55
| How many days of cajoling did it take for Adam to even make this call to Arlington? Jill is probably doing it just to make Steve happy but it's never going to happen. |
| 7:56
| Jill is very enthusiastic about the human races actually. Adam shouldn't let her water things down though. Jill's a bit of a corporate shill, she makes Adam look like Abbie Hoffman. |
| 7:57
| All Adam and Jill care about are the foods at the remotes, they should open a catering company. |
| 7:58
| Alright, time for the web poll. Yesterday's question was "Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?" But the article was on texting while walking so it was a little tongue-in-cheek. |
| 7:59
| Today's question is "Have you ever made it with your RA?" Buzz probably doesn't even know what an RA is. Steve's pretty sure it's resident advisor in a college dorm. |
| 8:00
| They probably didn't have RAs when Buzz was in college. He didn't even live at a dorm when he was in college. |
| 8:01
| Residence life is a breeding ground for legends. This is from the Daily Wildcat at Arizona University. Is that the one in Tucson? |
| 8:02
| As incoming freshman prepare to move into one of 21 dorms at AU they hear tales about the buildings. Some dorms have traditionally rowdy reputations among students. |
| 8:03
| All of the college girl voices Steve is going to do in this article will sound like a valley girl. Steve feels like he's lost Buzz. He's still here, he's just waiting for this article to pick up. |
| 8:04
| Coronado is one of the most infamous residence halls at AU. Senior RA Natalie Geist believes the reputation is self-fulfilling. Steve is also waiting for this article to pick up. |
| 8:05
| Geist has seen people right before they're going to have sex in the elevator. Suddenly the article is picking up. If you're a guy it sounds like you want to be in this dorm. |
| 8:06
| Other dorms on campus are starting to build their own reputation on campus though. Last year at Kaibab kids were cutting penis shapes out of the carpeting and stabbing them into walls. |
| 8:07
| What was the original web poll question, Buzz forgot it? It was "Did you ever make it with your RA?" which doesn't even seen to be in the article. |
| 8:08
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. We're starting up Stories Outside the Bun again. Send your stories and Taco Bell location to Tacos@dahl.com |
| 8:09
| Adam says that he hated his RA in college, he and some other people glued her door shut on the last day of school. Vicki says her RA was a lesbian, you can't hold that against her unless you want to. |
| 8:10
| Should Steve keep reading this article, does it get any better? No wonder ASU is the party school if this is what they're doing at UA. That's nothing, it's done at middle schools around here. |
| 8:17
| Song: Right Now, Van Halen |
| 8:23
| Live read: Discovery Channel |
| 8:24
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:25
| Alright, time for Bob and Ron. They're enjoying their Wake and Bake Wednesday. Bob's glad to see that the heat has dissipated, his watch bend melted off the other day. |
| 8:26
| Ron almost didn't make it, he was flying in from the Player's Ball in the ATL, as a prostitute, and his plane's driver tried to land at Midway on Monday night. Ron knows they're calling pilots but this guy was a driver. |
| 8:27
| They almost made it to the ground and then had to fly back up. That was the scariest thing Ron has ever experienced. Then they had to fly back to Indianapolis to refuel. |
| 8:28
| This week in rock history, in 1970 Jim Morrison passed out on some old lady's porch the day before his trial in Miami. That has a Robert Downey feel to it. Steve's going with cut 6 by the way. |
| 8:29
| Caller John has a complaint from last week. John is actually not on the phone, he had to step away. Steve's going to put these guys on hold for a couple of minutes to get their act together. |
| 8:30
| OK John is back on the line. His beef about Bob and Ron is that they missed Buddy Guy and Geddy Lee's birthdays last week. They knew about them but they can't get to everyone. Steve only has them doing three items per week. |
| 8:31
| Stevie Wonder nearly died in a car crash this week in 1973. That's because he's blind, he shouldn't be driving. It's also Andy Fraser's birthday this week, he was in Free. |
| 8:32
| Song: Fire and Water, Free |
| 8:36
| Bob and Ron didn't make it to Lollapalooza. Ron was in the ATL and Bob doesn't believe in corporate rock. Steve doesn't either. Bob couldn't think of anyone that he wanted to see enough to sit in the heat with 65,000 people. He has his standards. Do those include not paying $200 to get in? |
| 8:37
| It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time with Pat Boyle. The Sox won late last night, Steve caught most of the end. |
| 8:38
| They need to stop with the shaving cream pies after the Sox games, it's being ruined for everyone else. |
| 8:39
| The Twins lost in Seattle so now the Sox have a 1 game lead in first place. Steve thought Dan Plesac did a great job with Hawk. He grew up a Sox fan so it was probably a big thrill for him. |
| 8:40
| DJ's going to be surprised when he gets replaced by Dan Plesac next year. You can't take off that much time during a baseball season. He took off a week when his kid was born! |
| 8:41
| Plesac is also filling in for Bob Brenly this Friday so that's pretty unique for him, doing a Cubs and Sox game in one week. |
| 8:42
| Is Brenly also having his knee scoped? He's actually going to see his son Michael play for the Cubs minor league team in Boise. |
| 8:43
| The Cubs won yesterday, they just win everyday now. El Caballo put the Astros ahead yesterday with a 2 run home run in the top of the 7th. Why do they call him El Caballo? Is it something in the lockerroom? |
| 8:44
| The Cubs responded in the bottom of that inning with Alfonso Soriano's 3 run home run. Randy Hundley was in the booth at the time and he said "Holy Cow" Does he know one is already taken? |
| 8:45
| Yesterday on the way to the game Steve saw someone selling a t-shirt on the street that said "The Cubs killed Harry" That's funny but it's probably not true. That's the kind of vitriol they're selling on the Southside. |
| 8:46
| They do have some good illegal t-shirts being sold around the ballparks. Pat likes the one that with the Cubs L flag. Steve saw one that worked the Cubs logo into something about being losers. |
| 8:47
| Steve saw a sign at the game yesterday that said Pierzynski Polish Power and he was trying to line up all the Ps. |
| 8:48
| The Cubs activated Kerry Wood from the DL yesterday and designated Scott Eyre for assignment. The Brewers and Cardinals also won last night so the standings stay the same. |
| 8:49
| The Cards will be in town this weekend plus you've got the Red Sox on the Southside. It's rare to have both teams in town in the same weekend and even more rare to have two huge games like that. |
| 8:50
| Buzz has noticed that Kerry Wood seems to be getting thinner and thinner. He's really committed to eating healthy. Tonight he's holding his annual bowling charity event and it's benefiting a Chicago organic food pantry. |
| 8:51
| Kyle Orton will start he first preseason game for the Bears tomorrow but Rex Grossman will also get a workout. Why are the Bears being so secretive about who's going to start? |
| 8:52
| Between that and Favre in Green Bay the NFL is looking at a lot of QB drama. Favre made the ultimate Lambeau Leap yesterday, he's left the team and will probably be traded to Tampa. |
| 8:53
| HBO's Hard Knocks starts tonight, it'll feature Dallas' training camp. Steve's looking forward to that, he's got it on the TiVo. |
| 9:00
| That's Kerry Wood talking about his new diet. Maybe he should just stick to pitching. It sounds like something his wife would make him do. |
| 9:01
| It does seem like it's doing him good since he's lost a lot of weight and he's pitching well. But he's got his kids doing it and does this mean he'll have all that organic stuff at the bowling tournament? |
| 9:02
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Jim says that Prince Fielder, of the Brewers, is off meat. At least before the season started he was on an all-sunflower seed diet. How many sunflowers does he have to kill in a day to eat enough sunflower seeds? |
| 9:03
| This also seems like something his wife came up with. You can't just eat sunflower seeds. It doesn't seem to have helped him slim down and he started the season slow, offensively. It sounds like something he just told his wife. |
| 9:04
| The article Jim has says Prince is eating a lot of Boca Burgers with ketchup. How does he resist the different kinds of wurst in Milwaukee? Plus he's a baseball player, what about all the steakhouses on the road? |
| 9:05
| News with Buzz |
| 9:06
| The FBI will brief a Congressional committee about their investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks. THere's still some discussion as to whether Bruce Ivins is guilty. |
| 9:07
| Activists have put Olympic security to the test in Beijing. Two Americans and two Canadians were displaying Free Tibet banners. Four cyclists on the U.S. team are also being criticized for wearing black masks because of concerns about pollution. |
| 9:08
| Barack Obama will appear in Indiana with Senator Evan Bayh, prompting some to wonder if he could be a possible running mate. Indiana traditionally votes Republican but Obama's camp could be targeting the state. |
| 9:09
| Paris Hilton has answered John McCain's Obama attack ad that features her with her own ad on Funny Or Die. |
| 9:10
| So far McCain's camp has kept it's response limited, only saying that Hilton's energy plan is pretty close to that of the candidate's. What good does that do him? |
| 9:11
| 22-year-old Casey Anthony is now officially accused of felony child neglect for the disappearance of her daughter 2 months ago. Police say Anthony didn't report her missing daughter until a month later. She was also seen partying extensively. |
| 9:12
| 91-year-old Robert Mayhew, the man known as the public face of Howard Hughes has died. He began consulting work for Hughes in the 50s and eventually became the billionaire's righthand man. |
| 9:13
| The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is in court in Boston, accused of kidnapping his daughter. Police believe that Rockefeller is not his real name and that he uses several other names. |
| 9:14
| Why isn't this guy's wife saying what his real name is? Or his daughter? That's never mentioned in this story. |
| 9:15
| The Canadian man who allegedly killed and beheaded a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus asked police to kill him. Authorities found the man carrying a piece of his victims nose and ear in his pocket. |
| 9:16
| Britney Spears has been chosen by Quentin Tarantino to play Varla in a remake of Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill, Kill. Britney will star as one of three strippers who kills a guy with her bare hands and then kidnaps his girlfriend. |
| 9:17
| As it turns out tornadoes did touch down during Monday night's storms. Tornadoes were spotted in Bloomington and in Bolingbrook. It was probably looking for Stacy. |
| 9:18
| Finally in the worst news of all, Bears fans who go to the stadium this year should be prepared to enter the stadium. Bears fans are no longer allowed to tailgate during the game. |
| 9:19
| Catholic nuns and priests in Italy are hoping to lure nude beach dwellers to an inflatable chapel right on the sand. |
| 9:27
| Steve knows that Pete is using the classic rock rejoins under protest but does he have to play Takin' Care of Business everyday at 9:20? Pete is rotating 40 songs, when is he going to start using all of them? There's another BTO song that Pete is also using, Steve might be hearing that one as well. |
| 9:28
| Pete had 300 of his own songs so let's get the classic rock numbers up to around there. Steve expects at least 100 more in there by day's end. |
| 9:29
| Pete was so meticulous with his songs too, he had the track name, the artist, the album. 100 by day's end, which is whenever there's 100 more rejoins in the computer. |
| 9:30
| Pete needs to get on those rejoins right now. Steve is familiar with Pete's passive-aggressive behavior and he's had just about enough of it. |
| 9:31
| Steve's just going to go through every song in the Jack library looking for rejoins. Let's start with Uncle Kracker. That's probably not long enough unless you double it. |
| 9:32
| Todd will complain if it's not long enough and then Pete will go into a snit. Then Steve will spend 45 minutes calming Pete down. And people wonder why Steve is losing his freaking mind! |
| 9:33
| It's kind of hard to do all this on the air, the machine doesn't really allow for it. Buzz has some breaking news in the meantime. The jury has come to a verdict in the trial of Osama bin Laden's driver. He's been found not guilty of the worst offenses. There ya go, justice. |
| 9:34
| Have we stopped doing this rejoin stuff? Pete says we can keep going, he just wasn't sure about something. Here we go, this is what Steve has been digging for. The Metamucil has finally worked it's way to the bowels after a few unnecessary starts and stops of a machine that even Steve knows how to use. |
| 9:35
| Todd had Pete working from a playlist of songs to use for the rejoins Forget that though, Steve is good with any Jack song that has a lively intro. Look at all this Van Halen, those can all be used. |
| 9:36
| All of the songs say that there's no intro but that's just because whoever loaded them into the computer was too lazy to put the intro time. Plus no one talks on Jack anyway. |
| 9:37
| How about Van Morrison Moondance? That one might be too short. What about Domino? It says 8 seconds but it has to be longer than that. Van is very wordy, he likes to get right in there. |
| 9:38
| What about Brown Eyed Girl, that one's long enough. Just start scrolling down and pick something at random. |
| 9:39
| Way to scroll past Turn the Beat Around by Vicki Sue Robinson. Pete should just go ahead and delete that along with YMCA. Does Jack have a Gay Hour?! |
| 9:40
| Steve keeps hearing the same songs over and over probably because we've only got 30 songs to choose from. |
| 9:41
| Steve will help Pete if he wants any help. Pete doesn't want to ruffle any feathers, he's just following orders. There are no orders, Todd doesn't even care! He's just waiting for his next free dinner from a record exec. |
| 9:42
| There are plenty of songs to choose from though. Mark Czerniec found a list of the best rock intros which will probably help Pete out. |
| 9:43
| Pete has a lot of contempt for all this though, he doesn't like success. Even though it's success that gets him a paycheck that pays for that dump of his in Rogers Park. |
| 9:44
| Pete just needs to mix it up a little bit. We don't need every Foreigner song or every AC/DC song. Buzz just wants to make sure he keeps Takin' Care of Business. |
| 9:45
| So fresh intros Pete and no more childish feet dragging. How about a new rejoin to surprise Steve after the next break? Can Pete do that? |
| 9:52
| There ya go Pete, some Cheap Trick. The fade was a bit quick but he'll work on that. |
| 9:53
| Alright Chef Hans is here. Steve is sorry that he made him wait. It allowed Hans to learn a lot about music, he doesn't know anything about it. |
| 9:54
| Hans has some breaking news, if Steve has time. That depends on what the news is. On the 18th August the Swiss Solar Taxi will arrive in Chicago. No, we don't have time. |
| 9:55
| In July of last year Louis Palmer left his home in Lucerne, Switzerland to embark on a journey around the world in his solar-powered sports car. |
| 9:56
| Hans was hoping to bring him up to the studio. He'll have to check with Mary on that. She's usually the buffer for Steve on stuff like this. Steve will say yes knowing Mary will probably say no. |
| 9:57
| Also this month Rick Bayless will be inducted into the Chef's Hall of Fame at the Cultural Center. Is that where the Broadcast Hall of Fame used to be? What does this event entail? |
| 9:58
| For $175 you can get a dinner at the Palmer House. Is there any way Hans can hold the paper up more and read into the mic? He doesn't have his glasses with him today so Steve will read it. |
| 9:59
| Steve Dolinsky will MC the event. We had him on the show a few times but he's a bit high maintenance. He's kind of a dandy but he does a good job on channel 7. |
| 10:00
| Any big celebs coming in this week? Hans is going to Kerry Wood's bowling tournament today. He was in the restaurant earlier this week. Normally Kerry has chicken but this time he had a filet. Hans better not let Woody's wife know that, he's not supposed to be eating meat. |
| 10:01
| Hans tried to give Kerry a glass of pickle juice for the blister. Does that work? Hans isn't sure but that's what he read. That's probably why Woody didn't take it, Hans doesn't know if it works. |
