- 5:30 PM, Tuesday, April 2nd,
1996:
- Talked to Bill on his carphone
and went off. Told him everything including some
things I even kept out of this journal.
I just said it was "rough" for Dave but in
fact, he wigged out the first night when we had two
fucks on the air and he said "Fuck it I'm goin' home
play...just music." I excused that because it was his
first night. Then the next day there were all these
calls on the hotlines. The lines that are only for the
employees only for emergencies. So whenever those
light up it's usually Bill. But no, it was his
friends. He gave the numbers to his friends!
Goddamn. Then one night he used my only 800 line to
have his friend call in from Wisconcsin! Right in the
middle of my show. Can you fuckin' believe it!?! I
went to his phone call live on-the-air, just to fuck
with him. That one straw almost broke the camel's
back, but I need him. And he's willing to stay all
night. So I shut up. But after the crying/leaving
incident it was all over. I had to tell Bill. Bill was
laughing at how many things Dave has done in only 2
weeks of work. It is pretty amazing. Today was a big
day in my relationship with Bill. We were all the
sudden for about 10 minutes, on the same level. Not
that we really were, but dealing with a problem like
this. He seemed really impressed with me. He said to
go ahead and try and find someone else who I knew that
would be willing to do this, and he'll try to talk to
Dave. Part of me never wants to see this kid again.
The other part of me is bummed because he stays all
night...well almost. Ha! I also said how Dave kept
saying how much he wanted my job all the time, and how
he stood there and stared at Bob Conners that one
morning instead of helping me. I really drove it home,
but Dave is stupid as hell to bite the hand that
feeds, and I was happy to get these things off my
chest. Hmm blowing me off when Greg told him to come
back was IT for me. We'll just see what happens
now.
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- 10:30 PM - 6:00 AM, Friday -
Saturday, April 5th - 6th, 1996:
SHOW 124
- Bill told me he talked to Dave.
Anymore problems and he was gone. So this is it.
Dave's weekend to shine. The new, improved, more
mature Dave...sounds pretty implausible, huh? The
first 2 hours were good. He did type to me how I
should deal with callers, but Dave is an asshole who
wants my job remember? 3:00 Trivia. I was gonna do it
myself because I figured out a better system, but Dave
had made up special sheets, so I let him go ahead.
After about 8 words, around 3:20, I realized that he
had fucked up all of the scoring. Almost halfway
through and the whole game is fucked. So I took over
and things were fine. Now when I realized this you
could tell I was pissed but on the air I tried to
be funny: "Aw man, Dave...give me the sheet (in my
Seinfeld voice), I'll take it from here." Dave seemed
alright (he wasn't crying) but at the top of the hour
I go to talk to him AND HE HAD FUCKING LEFT THE
BUILDING. The loser did it again. God I'm so
fuckin' pissed I can barely type this. I was livid. I
got back on the air and explained why I was so pissed.
You could tell I was enraged. That's it...he's
done...done. Had a caller say she would produce me.
Her husband is a regular. Of course now...prankers all
fuckin' morning long. All morning. These are the same
assholes since NOVEMBER. Unbelieveable. Finally the
show was done, and I could tell Ethan the sordid
story. God, will Dave even show up
tomorrow?
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- 10:00 PM - 7:00 AM, Saturday
- Sunday, April 6th - 7th, 1996:
SHOW 125
- Go in early to do a new
listener segment song (Jim's
Oudoor Review) and I
walk past the studio where Dave is runnin' ESPN. A
glance and I walk past. Unfortunately Carmen is in
there with him, and I don't want to get into it with
him then. They're friends. Finally I go in there
around 11:20 and he asks me if I'm gonna do BD
tonight.
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- "Why the fuck did you
leave..."
-
- "You saw me get my coat and
leave..."
-
- "Dave I cannot see in the
producers room, why did you leave?" Greg and
Carmen are in and out of the studio at this point.
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- "You didn't need to embarass
me on the air"
-
- "Dave, you can't be so
oversensitive. You screwed up the whole hour and
I had to take over. There was no way for me
not to mention that on the air - I just asked
for the paperwork so I could start
over."
-
- "Well, it was obvious you
didn't need me, so I left."
- "Well, I don't need you
tonight." And I walked out. It was great. Doesn't
he realize that I'm the one who created a producer's
spot there in the first place? He owes that job to
me....not BC (who he vows devotion to because he
called up his show and wanted to know how he could get
a job there, and BC let him fill out an application),
fine and dandy, but if I hadn't worked my ass off to
get a talk crowd going, it would be music on the
overnight. Not to be totally arrogant but his job was
to help me, not find ways to get on the air. He's full
of it. That's why he left, he didn't get his precious
air-time. For fuck's sake. Then as I'm standing in the
production room around 11:45, he runs in and says "So
you don't need me at all tonight..." I shook my head
no, and he walked out again. And that was it. The show
went great. Had my share of pranksters. God it had
been so long, they really got to me again. Mind Trap
was great. A lot of talk about the Mexican beatings in
California. Able to deal with Glenn a lot better
lately. On and off pretty quick, isn't as dragging as
usual. Good show, only had to work for 5 hours because
of daylight savings....It was nice. Alright, I'm sure
there will be more during the week. Adios
Dave.
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- 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM, Sunday -
Monday, April 7th - 8th, 1996:
- Ho hum. Had fun talking to KP.
Kind of screwed around while producing. Cannon had a
good number of calls, and before he went on we talked
like two humans. Kind of nice. About how my weekend
went and so on. Shot a little condescension my way,
but not too much. Wrote a nice letter to Lehner
reminding him of the press pass.
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