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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
"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.
 
"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.
 
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.