Steve Dahl

I was very disapointed to see that Steve has been fired from his morning show on Jack FM in Chicago. I have been listening to Steve for a couple of years now, and it was one of the most entertaining shows around. Steve still has a contract with CBS for another 21/2 years, so if they don't find a proper vehicle for him, i.e. A TALK SHOW ON A TALK STATION, not the only human on a robot MOR music channel. As Steve rightly says "music is cheap"

The full story can be found here

I hope you and the team can make it back as soon as possible!


Here is a little tribute from me!

Keep checking in at www.dahl.com

Perhaps we can get him back soon....?

Barack Obama

Pretty glad he got elected, just hope that the crap "W" leaves behind won't be insurmountable?

The $76 Billion cheque that he has to write as soon as he arrives could be the tip pf the "W" iceberg!

Here is his victory speech.

The British politicians are falling over themselves to be his buddy :-) BBC Report

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Good luck to him, having spent quite a bit of time in the Chicago area over the past few year, I can tell you that he was very popular locally.

More chance of a bit of peace in the world hopefully?

Interesting Radio Stations and Personalities

I listen to a few US radio stations that are available on the net, very entertaining:

The Steve Dahl Show on Jack FM Chicago

Steve is the guy back in the 70's that was responsible for "Disco Demolition"

The David Stein Show, Syndicated but can be found on WSCR The Score Chicago, David is an interesting guy

WBBM780 News Radio Chicago

I picked these shows up during my visits to Chicago, enjoy :-)

Downtown Chicago and the end of 66 !

We (well Karen) drove into downtown Chicago today, the weather was great and we managed to officially finish the Route 66 wrong way round trip !!

Since our last visit Trump towers is nearing completion and we had some fun at Millenium Park, along with window shopping in Michigan Ave where I had a play with an IPhone (very impressive !!)

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"

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We were very kindly invited and taken to see the Chicago White Sox play Baseball at US Cellular Park. We were hoping to be lucky and see Jim Thome hit his 500th home run, however it wasn't to be his night !

It was a very close game which the White Sox lost 2-1 to the Angels. the evening concluded with a superb firework display

A most enjoyable evening all round :-)

Now you go through St. Louie

Made our way up from Memphis to St Louis today, really nice weather all the way along with some very odd place names :-)

We saw a mileage sign post when we stopped for lunch which brought home how far we have actually travelled !!

Our Hotel in St Louis is near the Ballpark, Riverfront and the Arch, we had a nice meal down on the Riverfront.

Last leg into Chicago tomorrow...

Show Me The Way To Amarillo

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Today's little jaunt took us from Santa Fe to Amarillo via Santa Rosa, Adrian (1/2 way), Tucumcari.

We were concerned about the bad weather but it appears we are following it so far :-)

The Route 66 museum and the Cadillac Ranch were the main items of note today.

Once again the scenery changed from state to state and the plains coming into Texas stretch as far as the eye can see.