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| 5:03
| We have new official News Music. Steve doesn't think we need that, but it is kinda nice. Buzz may have to start wearing a suit to go along with it. |
| 5:04
| Former Hurricane Gustav has been downgraded but that doesn't mean the all clear is ready to be sounded. It is headed to Texas, we have a clip of audio to play. It wasn't the right one but it's a British man speaking because since Steve came back from London, he has demanded all audio be in a British accent. |
| 5:05
| Sarah Palin has a pregnant teenaged daughter. She made the announcement yesterday that her daughter plans to marry the father, he is an athlete and a hunk. Alaskans do a lot of outdoor sports and apparently a lot of indoor sports as well. You know all the Republicans care about is that she isn't having an abortion. |
| 5:07
| The Republicans have a hot VP candidate as well as a hot Cindy McCain. If you were on the internet looking for a call girl, that would be the duo you're looking for. |
| 5:08
| UCLA police arrested a man for shooting a street light on campus, he had a great amount of ammunition and guns on him when the police stopped him. |
| 5:09
| What about those guys that were trying to plan an attack on Barack Obama? They couldn't even arrest them because they were so dumb and wouldn't be able to do anything. |
| 5:10
| Today's boycott of the first day of school is still going as planned, led by Reverend Meeks. They say they can't have a world class city potentially hosting the Olympics without world class education. |
| 5:12
| We have our own Brendan at New Trier on location right now. He didn't attend New Trier, but Lyons Township, another split campus school. There is a lot of preparation going on at the school this morning for the rush later. Brendan has talked to a few people, they told him where the local Starbucks is and that Rev. Meeks is going to be there at 10:30 now. They didn't ask him what he thinks black people like to eat? |
| 5:14
| On the school's website, they were looking for volunteers to help out with lunch preparation. Steve bets the football coach is out there to audition some of them. Nothing is really happening there right now, it's just Brendan and a couple of cameramen setting up. Sometimes, the reporters are in the vans putting on their makeup, that's kinda hot. |
| 5:15
| Brendan will be there all morning to report live for us. Steve was wondering how much 120 bus loads of kids costs, it has to be expensive, especially with gas. They could probably buy quite a few laptops with that money. |
| 5:17
| Did Brendan take mom's Seabring out there? He actually drove the SUV, it's like his news van. Steve is trying to get Brendan a microphone to bring out for when he interviews people on the street. Steve got the okay for Brendan to interview them without getting permission to be on the air, it just has to be clearly marked that he is from 104.3 Jack FM. Until Brendan gets the microphone, Steve wants Brendan to put a bumper sticker around his phone. |
| 5:18
| We don't even have bumper stickers. Steve calls down to Adam, he would like to hear how it works when they wrap the station vehicles. It's just a graphic design house that prints out big stickers and covers the car with them section by section. |
| 5:21
| Steve wants to get that microphone wrapped and sponsored to have it paid for. He really would spare no expensive for the show but he is thinking maybe a Mexican wrestling mask would work. Brendan would wear that and it would be covered in the station logo. |
| 5:22
| Adam will work on getting the Mexican wrestling mask as well as a new logo for t-shirts. |
| 5:23
| Steve has some Back To School tips. First would be to get enough sleep. It's too late for that so if you're home, go back to sleep, it's only 5:23. Also, have a good breakfast, develop good work habits and finish your homework on time. Brendan followed all of these of course, he made it to Iowa. They copied off of livestock to do well there. |
| 5:24
| Back to Buzz with the news. An Algonquin waitress got a $5000 tip, who reports these things? Steve gives good tips, he should be in the paper for that but it seems that it has to be more than a grand to be newspaper friendly. His 100% twenty dollar tip doesn't really count, and no one would believe he only ate twenty dollars worth of food. |
| 5:32
| We're back, we have the new 5:00 a.m. start time and Steve is good with that. Buzz is only bothered with it at 3:30, Steve isn't really, he got up at 1:30 and thought he could get up right then. We're done at 9 now and then the Jack music kicks in for your office listening. Steve doesn't like being on after 9, it doesn't seem like morning drive time. When Steve was on the road at 4 a.m. there were a lot of people on the road. |
| 5:34
| In sports, the White Sox are still tied with MInnesota for first. Buzz doesn't follow it but he hears the Cubs aren't doing well right now. He was so far away in Lake Geneva, he wasn't able to keep up with it. Really it is because he is a Sox fan but Piper is becoming a Cubs fan. Steve thinks he needs to take her to a Sox game to win her over. Wherever you go for your first game is the team your allegiance will be with. |
| 5:36
| Steve's first game was a Dodgers game but that is irrelevant. The Cubs are still 4 and a half games up on the Brewers but were shut out yesterday by Houston. Jim is a little irritated with the lack of hitting but it happens, better now than in the playoffs. Tonight, the Cubs host the Astros and Zambrano is pitching. |
| 5:39
| Caleb Hanie made the 53 man Bears roster and Steve predicted that would happen. Steve is explaining why Jim is in the studio with him. While he was in London, he was listening to the BBC and the driver turned on a show with a guy doing a two hour program from a hot tub in the afternoon. Steve thought why is he over there engineering things and playing CDs everyday? He is putting it all on Jim. |
| 5:41
| Steve is sitting over by Buzz and he is noticing Buzz does go off mic. Usually, Steve can't see across, he wonders where Buzz goes but now he sees it firsthand. Steve could have Pete do the engineering but if he asks him a question, that's an hour of answering. |
| 5:43
| Caller Aaron is on the phone and he enjoyed the call screener very much. That's our intern, Jordan, Steve told them it would be the highlight of their day. Does Aaron just want to hang up and call it a morning? Steve wouldn't blame him. Aaron actually just got home from work, he is in international sales so he works 9p.m.-5a.m., mostly Pacific Rim things. |
| 5:45
| Does Aaron's wife let him sleep all day? She goes to work so he has the house all to himself, does he walk around naked eating bacon? Steve is off the bacon sandwiches because he is unhappy with his weight, but he noticed in London they eat the bacon sandwiches. Their guide, John, eats one every morning. |
| 5:47
| Buzz enjoyed Steve's Cinnabon phase, it was a scary time for him. The frosting isn't enough on the bun, he needed butter on it as well. |
| 5:48
| Aaron lives in Dekalb, is he near Annie Glidden Road? That's Steve's favorite road for some reason, they have a new tollway up there. |
| 5:56
| Steve was in London last week and remembered what Buzz told him about running in Hyde Park so he did that. It's a great park that has been there for centuries and you can feel the vibe, Steve tripped over a skull. Running there is Buzz's most distinct memory from the two times he was in London. He thought about how Robin Hood really swung from those trees and ambushed the sheriff. |
| 5:58
| Steve has a new iPhone feature that maps his course when running. It's called iTrack and he is going to have Ed Silha put it up on the site. |
| 5:59
| Brendan is on the phone from New Trier High School and the superintendent is going to make a statement in a few minutes. He is ready to record that for us. Steve can see Rev. Meeks' point because everyone deserves a good education but it's all based off of the property taxes and people up near New Trier pay a lot of money in property taxes. |
| 6:01
| With Jim in the studio, Steve is no longer a DJ, he will tell people he is a presenter from now on. So we'll talk to Brendan later, he hopes that is ok with Mary, he can't see her anymore from where he sits now, he is the presenter. |
| 6:03
| News with Buzz |
| 6:04
| Hurricane Gustav is now a tropical storm, but 90% of the people have been evacuated. Our audio is a reporter with a British accent, Steve is requiring that from now on. |
| 6:05
| There are three more storms making their way through the Atlantic right now. Hurricane Anna, Tropical Storm Ike "Eat Some Cake Bitch" and a tropical depression, it's just called10. That one isn't named because it's not a Tropical Storm or Hurricane yet. |
| 6:06
| The GOP convention moved from New Orleans to St. Paul, Minnesota because of the threat of Hurricane Gustav. Anarchists in St. Paul have slashed tires and broken windows around the city. Steve isn't sure they're strong enough to slash tires, they should report it as they created slow leaks. |
| 6:08
| Millions of American children are eating unhealthy comfort foods to relieve the stress of a poor home environment, these findings come from a study this week from Northwestern. Steve noticed the portions they eat in England come in a thimble. Buzz had an issue up in Lake Geneva with eating healthy, he went for a hot dog as the healthiest choice. |
| 6:11
| Today's boycott of the first day of school is costing the school district money that could be used to fund the public schools. Steve found out to rent a bus for a day costs $480. That's a lot of money being spent on bussing kids to a school they can't register at. |
| 6:13
| This month is Ramadan, the Muslim holiday where they fast dawn to dusk and cannot even drink water. They can however smoke and chew gum during the month long holiday. |
| 6:22
| Live Read: NBC |
| 6:23
| The Sox lost to Cleveland, 5-0 yesterday and the Cubs lost to Houston as well. |
| 6:24
| They have something over in England called clotted cream and it's awesome. It's like cream that is halfway to butter and you can spread it on a hot scone while you drink your tea. |
| 6:25
| Brendan is on the phone again. Steve has some Back To School tips, back in 1986, Rodney Dangerfield's movie "Back To School" came out. Steve didn't think they showed enough chicks in that movie. Jim is chiming in with an obscure film reference, letting us know that "Back to School" was Robert Downey, Jr.'s first film role. |
| 6:28
| Brendan is at the Northfield, IL campus where scenes from Uncle Buck and Ferris Bueller's Day Off were filmed. The campus in Winnetka is where 16 Candles was filmed, Steve was supposed to be in that movie but was cut out.. John Hughes also commissioned Steve to make a rap song for the movie about Long Duck Dong. |
| 6:29
| John Hughes also wanted Steve to be his writing partner but Steve didn't partner up with him because he insisted Garry Meier be included. HIm not agreeing to that resulted in him being cut out of the film and his song never used. |
| 6:31
| We have a good Sam Kinison clip from "Back to School" we're going to listen to. |
| 6:33
| Brendan has the recording of the brief press conference the superintendent gave. She sounds hot and Brendan's recording is nice and tight, what is it? Just him hitting up on her? |
| 6:35
| If you were to put a voice on white guilt, that's it right there. They are really accommodating the students coming in with refreshments and lunches, it seems like they should just follow protocol of when a student comes in that isn't registered. |
| 6:39
| The buses aren't going to be at New Trier until 10 or 10:30 while the students are already in classes. There was a question and answer portion of the press conference but it was brief, the superintendent had to get back to the lunchroom to finish making the refreshments. |
| 6:41
| Brendan recommends tuning into Fox News, they have the hottest reporter he has ever seen at the school this morning. Steve thinks Brendan should go chat her up, she is blonde and has a Playboy playmate look to her. |
| 6:43
| According to Janet, she is on a school board, the tax base is amalgamated in Chicago and not in the suburbs so Buzz's daughter's school should get the same funding as others. |
| 6:45
| Brendan should go ask the hot reporter how many people have been picked up yet. We will also want a report on when the New Trier girls get there, they have cute students. Steve and Garry spoke there about radio before because Garry was dating the radio teacher and Steve remembers the girls were cute. |
| 6:53
| We have a pair of tickets to give away to Blackhawks NIght at the White Sox game. John McDonough likes to mix up the teams, Jim thinks they have had a Blackhawks NIght at Wrigley Field already. |
| 6:54
| Steve would like to finish up with Janet's school funding tax information because Janet said she doesn't want Steve to seem like a lummox. |
| 6:55
| Cubs players will be ringing the bell at various Chicago Public Schools to welcome students on the first day. In addition to that, some will visit Northwestern and Children's Memorial Hospitals to meet patients. Steve knows the White Sox would do something but they're in Cleveland right now nailing their chicks. |
| 6:59
| There is a call that has been on hold for a long time so we have an alert out on it. That means he is very passionate, and he is from Westmont so he is probably white. Also, he is wondering why New Trier is going along with this. Steve guesses he will put him on. |
| 7:01
| It's not even registration time at New Trier, the kids aren't going to get any of the good classes. Steve thinks they should take the 100 buses and kids down to Springfield to scare Rod Blagojevich or Emil Jones Jr. |
| 7:02
| What else could New Trier do though? Otherwise they're going to look like Alabama in the 60's, and did you hear that superintendent, she isn't going to turn them away. |
| 7:03
| It's time for the 7:00 News with Buzz |
| 7:04
| Moving the convention worked out well for the Republicans because the last person they want speaking is George W. Bush and the second to last is Dick Cheney. |
| 7:05
| We have Brendan back on with breaking news. Some drama unfolded with the hot Fox reporter and Phil Rogers. They backed the Fox News truck into his Mazda Miata and he is not happy about it. Steve hopes that is his wife's car because that is not a manly car. It is a great concern to him as he has been wandering around telling everyone and on the phone with his insurance company. |
| 7:06
| Brendan asked Phil to talk to Steve but he refused because he thinks his boss wouldn't like it. It's Larry Wert! He loves that! |
| 7:08
| What color is that Miata? Baby blue? It's actually forest green. Steve is disappointed to hear that and knows that is why Phil won't talk to him about it. |
| 7:09
| Tuesday's theme of the Republican National Convention is "Who Is John McCain?" |
| 7:10
| The father of Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol's baby is an 18 year old hockey player named Levi Johnston. |
| 7:13
| Steve thinks Sarah Palin is definitely a MILF, McCain's campaign should be "McCain/MILF '08". |
| 7:14
| The New York Times reports more than a hundred arrests have been made to subdue the rioting in St. Paul. |
| 7:15
| A few more things about Sarah Palin's husband, he is a commercial fisherman, but Steve doesn't think he is a cool one because he hasn't seen him on Deadliest Catch. Their eldest son, Track, is going to Iraq on September 11. |
| 7:17
| Famous voiceover man, Don LaFontaine has passed away at the age of 68. He has been the voice of movie trailers for the past 25 years. He's the "in a world.." guy and will definitely be missed. |
| 7:19
| Illinois State superintendent is urging students to attend classes and not boycott the first day of school. |
| 7:27
| Live Read: Windy City Limo |
| 7:29
| Diddy posted a video blog entry questioning John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin. He is also flying commercially right now, he grounded his fleet of personal aircraft because oil is too expensive. He isn't really doing it to be green, just because of the money. Steve is happy, he doesn't like to think of that guy having that much. What does he even do to be that rich? |
| 7:32
| It's Peanut Butter Jelly time! |
| 7:33
| That song is just as irritating as it was before Steve went to London for a week. Janet kept telling Steve the scores to games she was getting online. It seemed like the White Sox broke even and the Cubs lost a few more but didn't lose much ground and apparently, the Bears suck. It seems like he received some good information from Janet then, that is a great summary of the last week. |
| 7:34
| Steve was trying to watch British TV, and every show we have in American is stolen from them in England, they do it much better. When you watch The Weakest Link it is a full hour, no commercials, so you get a whole hour of that lady being mean! |
| 7:36
| Caller Franklin has some information for us on Diddy. He was a music producer who made a lot of money working with Notorious B.I.G. He also has his own clothing line, Sean John. |
| 7:38
| Franklin has emailed Steve, he wants to be a part of Steve's promotional team. Steve reads his email. |
| 7:42
| Basically, Franklin would like to have a DahlVan that drives around as a promotional vehicle to market the show and Steve. |
| 7:44
| Steve isn't sure minivans are the answer for him, he thinks maybe some billboards will help out. Every station has them except for Jack. |
| 7:51
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:53
| We have a report from Brendan coming in. Classes are about to start, and there are a lot of hot girls there but he is at the Freshman campus so they are very young. Couldn't he be stationed at the other campus? Why are the buses going there? It was New Trier's decision because that campus is more spacious. |
| 7:55
| Everyone is in the school now so we are just waiting for Reverend Meeks and his New Salem Church patrons. Were they named after the cigarettes or the other way around? |
| 7:57
| Phil Rogers got into a different car with someone. He couldn't even do his report with his damaged car there staring at him. Brendan talked to the hot reporter, Kelly, as she was finishing her pastry snack. Steve hopes that snack was worth wrecking a MIata. |
| 7:59
| The truck backing into his Miata really has ruined Phil's morning. He was taking multiple iPhone pictures of the slight dent in front passenger side of his car. |
| 8:01
| Caller Terry's sister had a friend, a gay male, who drove a Miata. Of course, Miata drivers are either newly licensed female drivers, 50 year old women, or gay males. |
| 8:02
| Time for the 8:00 Taco Bell and Steve and Buzz are enjoying a Volcano Taco, part of the Why Pay More Value Menu. It's pretty spicy, Buzz may need a water before his big newscast. |
| 8:03
| Jim is having some level problems running the board. It's not as easy as it looks huh Jim? Steve is just professional. |
| 8:04
| We still have Peanut Butter on the phone but we need to get our 8:00 News from Buzz. |
| 8:05
| Hurricane Gustav has been downgraded but 6 people have died so far from the storm. |
| 8:06
| Pro Lifers are over the moon with Sarah Palin being John McCain's VP pick. Not only does she have a down syndrome child but now with her 17 year old daughter being pregnant, they couldn't love her more. |
| 8:07
| Barack Obama thinks the lives of Sarah Palin's children should be off limits from public scrutiny. |
| 8:10
| We should've had Brendan ride a bus out with the parents and students from Rev. Meeks' church. That's entertainment right there. This is the mother of all mixed messaged protests, Reverend Meeks is calling for students to boycott school the entire week. |
| 8:12
| The boycott is going to cost an estimated 9 million dollars, that is a lot of laptops. |
| 8:13
| Fatal Vows, The Tragic Wives of Drew Peterson, a new book written by Joseph Hosey is implying that Stacy Peterson is deceased. Drew wants to know if his picture is on the cover and how he looks. |
| 8:14
| A man tried to cut off his own arm at a Denny's restaurant after thinking he injected air into his vein while shooting up cocaine. He took a butcher knife from the kitchen and police had to subdue him with a tazer. Speaking of cocaine, Oscar award winner Helen Mirren admitted in a recent GQ article she used cocaine frequently at parties while young. |
| 8:21
| Live read: Apple iPhone |
| 8:23
| Peanut Butter has been waiting on the phone, Steve just went over and gave Jim a nice pep talk then he couldn't put Peanut Butter up quickly. Jim felt good about the pep talk, maybe too good. Steve shouldn't have given him his end of the day speech before the end. |
| 8:24
| Steve caught Buzz earlier copping a gangsta lean in his chair, but he is enjoying himself focusing on the show while Jim takes care of the engineering. |
| 8:25
| The Cubs and Sox remain in first place after a rough weekend. Steve would like to say as much as he loves Paul Konerko, the Sox need a left handed first baseman. Left handed is perfect for first base. |
| 8:26
| Steve does love Konerko, he just can't tolerate mediocrity or fielding errors right now. The White Sox have already asked for their post season ticket money. |
| 8:28
| There is cause for concern with the Cubs in their offensive struggles. They had only 4 hits yesterday. Derek Lee spoke about being unhappy with the last 3 games. Steve would like Jim to add the sweet gunshot sound after that clip of Derek Lee's talking. What is Jim so afraid of over there? He's been with Steve for 9 years, there really isn't anything that can be done to him that hasn't before. |
| 8:31
| Caleb Hanie is like the next Tony Romo. That Hard Knocks show is about the Cowboys this season and it really shows what a stud Romo is. Jerry Jones is awesome too, he kinda looks like the Joker from Batman. |
| 8:33
| Dallas has even managed to corral Terrell Owens, they make him look like a standup, great teammate. |
| 8:34
| A fan won the 7th Inning Stretch contest at Wrigley yesterday, his name is Gonzalo Palacios, and he definitely made the most of it. If you're going to do it, might as well be a tour de force, it is a once in a lifetime thing. |
| 8:36
| The Bears season opener is Sunday night in Indianapolis versus the Colts. It's funny how Peyton Manning is still acting like he doesn't know if he will play. |
| 8:37
| Steve saw two people wearing baseball hats in London and it was a Cubs hat and a White Sox hat. |
| 8:38
| Since he was in London, Steve is inquiring about the Bears sucking, is there anything specific he will need to know about it. Peanut Butter thinks it was just a potpourri of sucking throughout the preseason, everyone sucked at certain moments and everyone showed some promise at others. |
| 8:47
| Steve can't find a head count anywhere about how many people have gotten on those buses with Reverend Meeks to go to New Trier. Brendan is on the phone, none of the buses have arrived but there is a sign up "Welcome to New Trier CPS Students" |
| 8:49
| Phil Roger's Miata is drivable, he moved it to let some other trucks into the area. He is now just in the Channel 5 van going over some paperwork and talking to people. |
| 8:51
| Brendan hasn't heard anything on the number of students on the buses either. He has asked around as well and no one seems to know. Brendan will be sticking around to see what happens and maybe go to the luncheon afterward for some refreshments. |
| 8:53
| Pete Wentz, Rainn Wilson and Donald Rumsfeld are all New Trier alumni. |
| 8:54
| All Steve knows is what he is supposed to pay in taxes, what happens to it, he isn't sure. Speaking of his taxes, Ron Lewis brought Brendan over a coffee and an apple fritter. Brendan was concerned with how close Ron pulled his car to the Miata. |
| 8:56
| Tomorrow Brendan will be at Millennium Park reporting on Oprah's show there with all of the Olympian gold medal winners. |
| 8:57
| Today's Web Poll: Did you watch Mr. Roger's Neighborhood? |
| 8:58
| Steve would like to delve more into the question tomorrow. He used to like to watch Mr. Rogers stoned, or even hungover. Steve should start a stoner television channel, all of the advertisers would be snack foods. |
