Born and raised in Long Island, New York. Also lived in Manhattan. I can recall listening to the NY radio legends as early as age 5, and knowing at that tender age, that I wanted to be on the air! I have now been a professional radio DJ for over 20 years!
I also run my own DJ entertainment company, hosting weddings and private/corporate affairs, as both a Master of Ceremonies and DJ, since 1987.
I have a teenage daughter, Katie (Katie Perry? Hmm...) and a Golden Retriever, Jaxon.
Here's my Top 15 All-Time Favorite Artists: 1 Bruce Springsteen 2 Steely Dan 3 Eagles 4 Beatles 5 Frank Sinatra/Rat Pack 6 Simon and Garfunkel 7 Billy Joel 8 Ella Fitzgerald 9 Tom Petty 10 John Mellencamp 11 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 12 Bon Jovi 13 U2 14 Santana 15 Drifters
Here's my Top 15 Favorite Contemporary Artists:
1 Black Eyed Peas/Fergie 2 Nickelback 3 Jack Johnson 4 John Mayer 5 Usher 6 Taio Cruz 7 Green Day 8 Pink 9 Daughtry 10 Maroon 5 11 Matchbox 20/Rob Thomas 12 Colbie Caillat 13 Pitbull 14 Flo Rida 15 Beyonce
Favorite TV Shows:
1 Seinfeld 2 Everybody Loves Raymond 3 30 Rock 4 Hardball With Chris Matthews 5 Men Of a Certain Age 6 Morning Joe 7 The Honeymooners 8 Cheers 9 Mad About You 10 Sex and the City
Favorite Sports:
1 Baseball 2 College Football
Favorite Sayings:
1 "So often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have the key"...The Eagles (Already Gone)
2 "The minute you "settle" for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for."...Maureen Dowd, NY Times Columnist
3 "Any kind of love without passion, that ain't no kind of lovin' at all"...The Eagles (After The Thrill Is Gone)
So are you ready for the "Big Game" this Sunday night? Super Bowl Sunday has become somewhat of a national holiday in its own right. I am a huge COLLEGE football fan...but I do enjoy the NFL and Super Bowl, too. I personally just do not get all wrapped up in it like the rest of America. I have very little desire to go to a Super Bowl party, whether it's at a bar or someone else's house. And how about this...pre-game coverage starts at about 12 noon. Really? Do people really watch SIX-plus hours of pre-game speculation? I guess they do. I'm not about to waste an entire day watching predictions before the game even starts. If gametime is 6:29pm, I'll probably put the game on about 6:20 or so. To each his own!
Kelly Clarkson is singing the National Anthem. Madonna is performing at halftime. That should be enjoyable to watch, although it just seems hard to truly focus on the football game with so many distractions! If one team has momentum going into halftime, the extended halftime show should douse that momentum very quickly.
And then there are the commercials, which tend to be very entertaining. Of course, at a price tag of $3.5 million for a :30 second spot, it had BETTER be entertaining!
It just seems that the game itself sometimes gets lost in all the hoopla. Oh well. I'll probably watch anyway, and for what it's worth...Go Giants!
Say hello to America's longest married couple!
Tuesday 01-31-2012 2:32pm CT
You've gotta love this...these two lovebirds will be celebrating their 79th anniversary this April...they were married in 1933!! It's nice to know that true love really does exist!
American Idol...and other "idle" thoughts...
Wednesday 01-18-2012 6:06pm CT
So tonight is the return of American Idol, with a two hour special on FOX, starting at 8pm ET. Another season of wild and wacky performances underway! Tomorrow night's show will be one hour, also starting at 8pm. Randy Jackson says he's going to try and be even tougher this year...he feels that the bar should be raised higher each and every season! Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez also return.
Tyler, meanwhile, will continue to "moonlight" with his "other job"...finishing up a brand new Aerosmith album, expected to be out later this year. He'll work on the album in between his "Idol" stints. Guitarist Joe Perry is helping to ease the process...he has relocated to L.A. to make easier for Tyler to work on both. The band is pleased with how the album is sounding so far, saying that it is gonna ROCK!
We're more than halfway through January...how are those resolutions coming along? Hopefully you're going strong, but if you slipped up and have given up already...just pick yourself up and start again! A little slip up is nothing in the big picture! Be strong...go for whatever it is you're trying to accomplish!
I'll wrap up with this great saying I saw on Facebook today...well worth sharing:
"Spend time with those you love...one of these days you'll say either "I wish I had" or "I'm glad I did"---Zig Ziglar
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