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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Kid Rock Weekend recap

7:58 PM

Monday, July 20, 2009
Kid Rock weekend in the D.
A good but long day at work.
Please keep in mind I’m not complaining here. I love my job and if I won the lottery someday, I’d still work in radio. It’s just in my blood.

10:30am – I arrive at the WRIF studio and get ready to rock the Motor City.

11:00am – My air-shift starts. During the next 4 hours I get to play plenty of Kid Rock and giveaway tickets to see Def Leppard.

2:45pm – I’m in the car and headed to the Fox Theatre downtown.

3:04pm – I pay the obscene $20 to park

3:14pm – My wife Gina and I check in with Howard at Capital Records and get a great spot to sit at the Alice in Chains listening party.

3:40pm – Alice in Chains arrive and talk to the select media members and take some photos.

3:55pm – We get to listen to the entire Alice in Chains CD “Black Gives Way to Blue”. The CD sounds great. All the heavy riffs and vocal harmonies you would expect from AIC, yet it sounds fresh. The recording and mix are crystal clear and everyone in attendance seems to feel like this is a special moment listing to the album with the band.

5:00pm – I make my way over to Cheli’s Chili for the rest of the per-show party…and test out 4 samples from the Chili cook off….extra yum!

5:30pm – between 5 and 7pm I walked around and greeted listeners and friends. I did a couple of breaks on the air with Suzy Cole, talked to Chris Chelios for a couple of minutes before crossing the street to Comerica Park.

7:15pm – I’m in my section 137 seats to catch most of the Cypress Hill show.

7:35pm – up to the concession stand for an Ice cream.

8:00pm – Alice in Chains rock the 40,000 plus people at the show.

8:50pm – I love Alice in Chains, but I’ve never liked the Rooster, so I leave during that song to send some emails and make a phone call.

9:15ish – Kid Rock puts on the show of his life. Kid was on fire and really delivered. Now having said that ALL of the men in the crowd thought coving the Jackson 5’s ABC was dull and very un-necessary. I’ve seen Kid 5 times and this was the best of the 5!

10:50pm – Oh crap! I’m supposed to be at the MGM to host the after party at 11.

11:05pm – I made it in to the V-night club and traded hugs and smiles with our guest DJ, Salam Wreck from Cypress Hill.

11:55pm – The rest of the Cypress Hill band arrives and meets the listeners.

1:10am – I’ve said my goodbyes and headed to the parking lot.

2:02am – 14 hours and 2 minutes after leaving for work I’ve made it home to get some sleep.
7:04 AM

Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Wedding photos w/o password


























Here are some photos taken by Chris A. at our wedding on Mackinaw Island.
11:18 AM

Sunday, July 05, 2009
Ted Nugennt CD cover
Look who's on the cover of the new Ted Nugent CD/DVD.

It's WRIF's Christy Lee.

If you zoom into her right hip you can even see the WRIF tattoo.
3:57 PM



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