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I'm smiling on the inside......

About Me

Born in Olean,NY...raised on the North Shore of Long Island (St.James)..high school band geek- Trumpet and Baritone Horn ...went to college (as a PE Major) and started doing radio at Cortland State (WSUC,Suck On Your Dial!)...currently on-the-air from 10a-3p on both WTKW/WTKV (TK99/TK105) and 96.9 WOUR Utica/Rome....host of Soundcheck...Nominated for Billboard Magazine "Music Director of the Year", Nominated for Radio&Records "Program Director of the Year", Inducted into Syracuse Area Music Awards 'Hall of Fame'...but more importantly,father of four sons,Mike,Dan,Dylan,Mark....

My Interests

MUSIC, especially 'live' performances...travel... Basketball till I drop...Lacrosse...Frisbee... exploring, absorbing information, appreciating the not-so-obvious & any activities my son's are involved in....

I'd like to meet:

my winning lottery ticket....

Music:

."The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men lie like dogs. There is also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson........without getting too specific,or trying to impress those who need to be too-hip-for-the-room, these three radio shows collectively feature almost all the groups/bands/artists/songwriters & performers that matter/make a difference...SUNDAY's on TK99/TK105 {{first}} it's the BLUE MOON CAFE-eclectic,acoustic-ish,laidback groovytunes from 9a-noon...{{later}} SOUNDCHECK- "The Best Rock Around Can Be Found In Your Own Backyard" Music/Interviews/Live performances from Local/regional/indie artists from 9p-10p....{{then finally}} LITTLE STEVEN'S UNDERGROUND GARAGE-Coolest tunes,theatre-of-the-mind presentation,stream-of-consciousness narration from 10p-midnight...more info at www.TK99.net....

Movies:

hmmmm... Casablanca, West Side Story, Usual Suspects, The Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, 2001 :A Space Odyssey, Animal House, Caddyshack, Groundhog Day, Scrooged, Lost In Translation, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, (damn,there's a lot of Bill Murray movies in here..), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Field of Dreams, Wizard of Oz, Apocolypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Almost Famous, Easy Rider, American Beauty, Sin City, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation,Waiting For Guffman

Television:

Curb Your Enthusiasm, Austin City Limits, David Letterman, PTI,Entourage,The Daily Show,Real Time w/ Bill Mahar, The Office, Rescue Me, Flight of the Conchords... plus, the mellow dude with the afro that paints pictures... ....yes...Bob Ross....

Books:

almost anything by Patricia Cornwell, Tom Clancy or Dan Brown .....or Dr. Suess....

Heroes:

DAF 1927-2002...and LAF

My Blog

Life is backwards...

Yesterday, on his MySpace page, Dane Cook put together his thoughts on George Carlin, and wound it up with THIS Carlin quote& "The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tou...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:43:00 PST

Take me out to the ballllllgaaaaame...

so, here's a quick recap of the first Sunday of Summer 2008 (!).&since my son Dan is going back to Coastal Carolina University in 2 weeks for a mandatory Summer Session, time was running short to get ...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:47:00 PST

Some things never change...

"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the ...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Thu, 29 May 2008 10:25:00 PST

Underground Words of Wisdom...

Little Steven's Underground Garage is a 2 hour radio show, featuring the prose and musical selections of Little Steven, a/k/a;Miami Steve ,a/k/a 'Silvio' (from the Soprano's)...the program starts each...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:36:00 PST

These were a few of my favorite things....

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens...yeahhhhh....or..... ....here's about a dozen  musical highlights from 2006.... January kicked off a new s...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:02:00 PST

A date that's hard to forget....

Yeah...back on December 8th 1980 I was gathered with dozens of area musicians at the Poor House North (on Old Liverpool Rd.) for the one year anniversary of Soundcheck...a local music show that debute...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:43:00 PST

Dim Bulbs

How the Bush Administration Changes a Light Bulb How many members of the Bush administration does it take to change a light bulb?   1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed; 2. On...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:52:00 PST

36 RULES FOR BANDS!

  Thanks to Steven Robinson for bringing this to my attention:   36 RULES FOR BANDS (...and never take yourself too serious) 1.      Never start a trio with a marri...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:25:00 PST

bah humbug...*Update*!

DENVER 11/27- A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti- Iraq war pr...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:43:00 PST

thank god they're RIGHT....(wing)

10 reasons why gay marriage is wrong1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.2) Gay marriage will encourage people to...
Posted by ++Dave++ on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:20:00 PST