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NAME: "Crash" (I was at a station with people like "Hoser" and "T-Bob" and
"Montana" and going by Seymour Schwartzkopf just wasn't cutting it.)
SHIFT: Weekdays 7pm-Midnight
According to Webster's Dictionary, the term "bio" is the short name of a
section of text about a particular person. In gamerspeak, it's used to tell
other gamers that someone has to use the bathroom. The latter definition
might be more applicable here than you think.
Most DJ's have great stories of having the dream or "the call" of being a
radio broadcaster. I didn't, but I did like messing with tape decks
(cassette and reel-to-reel... I'm old school like that) and had a sizeable
vinyl record collection by the time I was 12.
Many DJ's might tell tales of fighting to get into the industry or going to
broadcasting school. I didn't. I knew some people, made a demo tape, and
worked for nine months playing tribal African music from artists I couldn't
begin to pronounce, much less spell from memory all these years later except
for Ali Farka Toure. I remember that one.
Some DJ's can talk about the night they accidentally left the mic on while
having a heated argument with their spouse or having a heated encounter with
a "radio groupie". I was always careful to check the mic, except for one
time when, due to a computer error, a recording of me screwing up an ad and
letting loose with a series of f-bombs ended up airing the next morning.
That recording is now known as "The Aircheck Heard Round The World" and I
keep several copies on different hard drives for posterity
Most DJ's are into radio for the fame and glory. I could care less. I'm in
it for the piles of cash and long lines of hot girls with questionable moral
fiber. And Christina Hendricks ("Firefly"/"Mad Men"). Okay, I'm a moron. I
get it.
Meawhile, I'm here making commercials as a Production Director and pretty
much playing literally whatever I want on the air. I mean it. It's the sort
of thing that makes consultants certain people soil themselves in public which is
funny as hell to watch and, as it turns out, there are websites for that
sort of thing. I'm bringing it back to the people, yo!
Of course, you can email me and tell me what you wanna hear. I might
be in a charitable mood some night and throw it on. I admit I have a snarky
attitude, so bear that in mind. Also, I do play in a band, the international
rock n roll phenomenon known as BOMBAY BLACK (end sarcasm), which is
my career backup plan in case radio doesn't pan out. In my spare time, I
like long walks on the shoreline, poking dead things with a stick, and
adding to my online devotional shrine to Christina Hendricks. I'm not
obsessed. Really.
Thanks for listening!
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