Episodes

have you ever been so mad you can't fall asleep? I can't believe they are replacing another Akron Ohio landmark Stricklands Ice Cream with the chicken shack. This is insane...

While its fun to pick on your little brother, little brothers don't stay little forever. We remember the times when we got hit in the head with your class ring, the swirlies, and more.  You know what they say about payback...

Scott and I went to Al's house. He put on this song and we looked at each other. How is he doing that? Wait, play it again (and again, and again). Clueless. Like put a gun to my head and I couldn't tell you how Eddie Van Halen was playing eruption....

I was three years old when my brother called me into the "Rec Room" and put an album on, turned out the lights, and locked me in the room. I was three, and this was easily the most scared I had ever been in my life.  The album was Jimi Hendrix...

I walked into my basement to shoot some pool in 1978 and the sounds of Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo and where you hear some guy say, "Anybody wants to get mellow you can turn around and get the F*ck out of Here."  About the time I recovered from...

While all the other songs on the radio were soft and fluffy, I found an album that had some of the heaviest music I had heard, and they were unapologetic. Yes, we play heavy music - it's no Fragile - Straight at you.  The Band was Bachman Turner...

While Queen's a Night at the Opera has hits like "Your My Best Friend" and "Bohemian Rhapsody " but the AMAZING song is The Prophet song and it somewhat gets overlooked because of Rhapsody, and it's a musical masterpiece in my opinion.  The...

It's weird as a person in his fifties who loves technology. I find it cool, and it scares me to death.  Today I share a story about picking up a package the day after I delivered it at the Amazon pick-up center.

I have found when you start doing math to see if you can eat or afford something. When this happens you may be very close to doing something that you regret.  I saw the peloton bike and then read about the which is "cheaper" but still an arm and...

This is the album that introduced me to Randy Rhoads. Randy WAS MY DUDE. I LOVED the mixture of classic and heavy metal, and I learned every note on every record. It took me hours, but I did it.  When Randy died in 1982 it wrecked me. My hero was...

I'm 11 years old in Mrs. Lewis' class who was the coolest teacher ever. Everyone had gone out to recess but me and my best friend grabbed the little record player and cranked it up to 10, and through the distorted speaker I head these things on the...

My first concert was the World Series of Rock July 28, 1979 But I saw Angus Young and was like WHAT? and that lead me to buying a Gibson SG. I bought everything they did, and LET THERE BE ROCK where every song is great, and I just played the...

I saw a band open for Ozzy I had never heard of, and MAN WERE THEY HEAVY. I immediately went out to buy their album.  There was only one problem. My ears could not comprehend what I was hearing. At times it sounded like someone making fun of...

Albums That Changed My Life Part 1

Fear is a reaction - courage is a decision a fluke of getting up early is my catalyst. Planting your flag can make it easier to move I'm playing with Start your own wager

Attention: There has been a shaving accident.  You gotta me kidding me.... Oh Geez... Hmmm.... Here we go.....

I had a second family in my early twenties. Post Mom, they were my cheerleaders, my support group, and all-around second family.  Over the years different insecure girlfriends steered me away, and we lost touch. With divorce number two under my...

Thinking of the rubber bowl, and remembering some interesting times there.  It was a huge (for Akron) stadium

The Osmonds at the Rubber Bowl

I watched the "Its the great pumpkin charlie brown" special as I do every year, and I was surprised at how scattered, and in general, "Not good" this special was.

I'm going to try to put together 30 days straight for National Podcast Post Month

It's weird how we remember things that hurt us in living color. These vivid memories never seem to fade away like old polaroid pictures.  I've shared some stories in the past that sound like pity parties, but today (realizing this) I wanted to...

Christians are known for being: Judgemental Disliking Homosexuality Asking for Money So when I see a church that pushes the stereotype it drives me nuts as none of the above is biblical.  Sure homosexuality is mentioned seven times in the bible,...

So my ex-wife calls me and wants me to be an escort to a meetup party at a normally off-limits room at the House of Blues in Cleveland. This is one of those parties like "40 and Fabulous" or for me "Fat, Fifty, and Frisky" - you get the idea. I have...