Disco Demolition Night

Disco does really suck...

What can I say?

Steve Dahl!

Steve Dahl was the most entertaining thing going until he was YANKED by unappreciative management recently. I listened to him via podcast for several years here in La Crosse- amazingly, I had loved to hear him as I BEGAN my USPS career in Illinois, 30 years ago!

Stever and I had parellelled our entire lives!

Even when he started, I thought Gary Meier was a kind of conceited, phony jerk... but hey- the Stevester needed a sidekick! ( Even if he did wear Frey boots, and have kind of a phoney " dry look".

The thing about Steve Dahl is that he is ...authentic.

So little is anymore, these days. What he said was really what he actually thought!

I so enjoy(ed) his quickness of mind, when he reacted to the news, to Buzz's comments, whatever- he was quite refreshing, in his actual thoughts about the news, and whatever else would come up during his show- it was all real!!

He has the quickest brain for this type of thing I have ever seen! (For making things up, on the spur of the moment). I always laugh inwardly as he "improvises"- an inborn skill that many think that they have, but that most (nearly all) do not!

But the best thing about Steve Dahl was his self awareness-

One morning, he was regaling us with his tale of the morning commute, wherein he "raced a guy in a pickup truck", etc.

When Buzz asked "Why?" he said, with the knowledge of his own psyche that most of us deny:

"Because I'm an egomaniac!!"

He was 100% right, and that is why I love him!

And I love his conversations with Pete- Pete's laugh was GREAT!, and so authentic- he really loved Steve- and I especially will miss "Drew", with his Aunt Jemima Headscarf and "DON'T SAY THAT!" comments by Steve.

Steve Dahl is a force of nature, and will not disappear: he is here to stay, no matter what the "managers" of radio might say.