About Me
I'm an Arizona native & relentless cd, record, cassette, 8-track and vintage concert shirt collector/geek. I started seriously collecting music at age 8, and I've never stopped. It's also how I make a living and try to pay the bills.
I was fortunate enough to be a teenager in both the 1970's and the 1980's (which definitely influenced the person I am today). That said, I still "live for today" and try not too look back too much.
My wonderful wife Cassandra and I own the music mail order company
Wishing Well Entertainment .
We have been in business since February of 1996. We specialize in out of print and hard to find music. We have our own web site www.wishingwellonline.com as well as shops on Amazon.com and eBay .I formerly worked at Rockaway Records in Mesa, Arizona (1989-1996 / 2000-2007) where I started out packing packages in the mailorder department and ended my reign of terror as store manager.
This is my soul mate, Cassandra :
She's also my best friend, love of my life, and the only one on earth who will put up with my nonsense. And oh yeah, she collects records and cds. Take that, suckers...
I'm one of the rarest of animals...a native Arizonan. I was born in Phoenix and have lived in Arizona all but six years of my life. A lot of people don't dig it here, but I love it. The only other place I would consider living is San Diego (I lived there for a couple years in the late 70's...Awesome!)
Cassandra and I share Castle Rocket with our pooches Eros (A.K.A. "Goofball", "Goofy-Goof", "Knucklehead" & "Darth Vader" - a black lab mix), Raven (A.K.A. "Diva", "Drama Queen", "Pretty Precious Princess", "Rave" & "Raven Beauty" - also a black lab mix) and Carinosa (A.K.A. "Snuggle Buggle", "Niblet", "Cari", "Senorita" and "Mayan Princess" - a mixed breed mutt rescued in Mexico by my sis-in-law Angel).
We lost our first dog Zeus (a chow/lab mix) on December 6th, 2006 after a series of health problems. He was 12 years old (we had him 11 of those years). He will always be our "baby" and we miss him terribly. Not an hour of the day goes by when I don't think of him. I still feel some of his energy around the house, and Eros has a lot of Zeus in his personality.
My nickname "Roger Rocket" came from when I was playing drums in the band Rat Fudge with my friends from Rockaway Records in Mesa.
I definitely live for the moment. Some days I don't know what I'm going to do from one hour to the next, but it works for me.
I am not a religious person. I'm officially "agnostic", but I have great respect for all religions (and people who don't try to use religion in war or to gain power and influence over someone else). I do believe that if you honestly want to be a good person and honestly try to do right in every aspect of your life you will live a better, fuller, richer life. Some people call it Karma...I call it "Trying to be a decent human being".
Music is my life (and work)!
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