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The Revertainer

I got a sunburn under this hat

About Me

I own an entertainment company called Lake Effect Entertainment. I don't have a DJ name anymore, but I can still put a pretty good mix together. I have a fantastic wife and a son who will not quit growing no matter what I tell him. I have a quaint little house in Ishpeming with a nice garage behind it and a basement that is dying to be turned into a media center to the nth degree.Other than that, you may already know me or have seen me at a wedding reception or running the gameshow at a bar or party or a multitude of other things that I do. I try to keep pretty busy.Lake Effect Entertainment is very busy, alive and well. If you know Brian Smock or Cody Scanlon, thank them for me. They are true professional DJ's and party hosts. They both have great personalities, great knowledge of music (as well as being talented musicians) and great attitudes. These are good days for the company indeed.The company specializes in wedding receptions. Our services are also available and excellent for company parties, school dances and proms, unique gameshow style trivia events and we are still available for bar and club work. We offer a comprehensive music library ranging from the 1930s up to today with weekly updates. We offer dazzling light shows and sound systems capable of filling even Ice Arenas with loud, clear music. Our equipment is all professional grade with backups available and on site at every job. Lake Effect Entertainment has many professional references available from satisfied customers as well. If you know anyone who is in need of mobile entertainment, or even a simple sound system for an event - let them know that Lake Effect Entertainment is the way to go.

My Interests

Lately I have been focusing on work quite a bit, but I've been doing some new things too. I ride a bike that doesn't go anywhere and I do push ups and sit ups and stretch and all kinds of shit that's supposed to get me in better shape. If you know me, you know that's weird for me - but I'm getting used to it. I still like to eat some pretty crappy food sometimes, but it is much less frequent lately. I feel pretty good about the whole thing.

I'd like to meet:

OK, so I already met my wife on MySpace, what more could I ask for? I've met a lot of people out and about, so if you see me out and I don't recognize you, please don't be mad at me. If you still want to know me even though I might not recognize you and I suck at names, just submit an application to my secretary . She will get back to you.View All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

Music:

Due to the nature of my chosen profession, it is necessary to keep abreast of all new music. I like some of it, I don't like some of it. When I listen to music, I listen to Pandora.com and set it to Eric Prydz. That's my workout soundtrack. My favorite song right now is The Great Escape by Boys Like Girls. I can't decide if it's emo or not, but since I like it - it can't be. It's been a while since I wanted to hear a new rock song over and over again - but something about it just seems to click with me. To tell the truth, I don't even know what it's about - I just like the hook and the music.

As far as radio goes, I really used to like AM970, it was AP news w/ local cut-ins 24/7. Now it's ESPN radio which means there is now officially one decent radio program left for me.

Movies:

Rockstar 2 to 12 times per week. I recommend that you learn that movie word for word. Especially if you are a "music" person. There are so many music industry people either starring in or referenced in that movie it will make your head spin. And the soundtrack is outstanding. "STAND UP AND SHOOOOOOUUUUUUTT!!!"
I had a conversation in late April of this year that included the word "esoteric" to describe a movie and it made me think that I like a lot of movies that could be described with that word. These include titles such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Little Miss Sunshine, I Heart Huckabees, American Beauty and adaptation.
I also discovered recently that my whole life has been spent avoiding movies that are meant to cause an emotional reaction in the audience. If you're supposed to cry or feel bad - I don't want to see it. I like something to think about sometimes, but other than that I just want action or comedy. I'm a big fan of Will Ferrell as an actor and Kevin Smith as a filmmaker. I did recently get a copy of SuperFuzz (Super Snooper). This is an Italian/American film that was showed repeatedly on HBO when I was little. I have a copy of Ernest Borgnine's best work now. Thanks Chris.

Television:

I watch Family Guy all the time even though we have an extensive cable selection including On Demand programming and a Dual Tuner DVR. I try my hardest to watch my brother's team on ESPN2 when NHRA racing is on. Other than that there is Best Week Ever, The Soup, Entourage, Big Love, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, The Naked Brothers Band, ICarly, Top Chef, Iron Chef, Good Eats...for someone making an effort to lose weight I watch a lot of food on TV.

Books:

The last thing I read was the entire Harry Potter series. I did it in about 3 weeks and it messed with my sleep patterns and made me dream funny and kept me awake. I loved them and I'm sorry they're over. I thought it ended well, anyway. When I was younger I was all up on the Greek mythology and Epic poetry from Greece. When I finished ALL OF IT I continued on to Isaac Asimov's Sci-Fi futuristic Robot novels and Foundation series. I have also read all of those, and still have them.Literary classics that I have read and enjoyed include Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov (read in their original russian.....very slowly), The Great Gatsby, The Catcher In the Rye, Portnoy's Complaint......hmm...it has been a while since I gave myself the opportunity to enjoy a good classic book. Time to start again?

These days I've been reading industry related manuals about business and success and stuff. Yes, I really have.

Heroes:

My PARENTS have also always been two people who I REALLY look up to. For some reason every year they seem to get a little smarter yet they are saying the same things they've always said.

As for current events, all of our TROOPS who are still deployed for no real reason. They take a lot of shit and they are just doing their jobs. That's a tough situation.

CHRIS "IZZY" COLE

My Blog

Incase anyone is going to get the wrong idea

I recently became an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church.  I did this because a couple I know who are close enough friends to ask without it being funny would like me to perform their ...
Posted by The Revertainer on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:34:00 PST

In an ambulance you got a chance, in a hearse it’s gonna be worse!

For those of you who did not read the bulletin I sent out last week, my ambulance blew up.  Not the whole thing, not like a big ball of flame - but the engine. Cody and I froze our asses off on t...
Posted by The Revertainer on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:14:00 PST

Incase you were wondering, this is.....

Every year the people in my family who want to buy gifts for me ask me what I want for Christmas and I usually respond with the standard "I don't know" or something to that effect.  Today I was t...
Posted by The Revertainer on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:31:00 PST

New Year’s Eve Revisited

Today seems to be follow-up day. The blog I posted about New Year's Eve that asked if you would come to a place where everything was $2 and it would only cost $2 to get in was not meant to be as trans...
Posted by The Revertainer on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:56:00 PST

Remember that one I did about exercising and all that?

So, a while back I posted my proud blog about how much I'd been exercising and how I'd been eating right and how I went from 343 lbs to 243 lbs.  That was pretty awesome.  Sorry for posting ...
Posted by The Revertainer on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:35:00 PST

Would you? I mean really now. Would you?

Here is a hypothetical scenario for you: It's going to be New Year's Eve and you have your choice of venue to visit.  Would you go to a place in Ishpeming that had a good loud sound system, the b...
Posted by The Revertainer on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:53:00 PST

Sweet Home, Chicago (suburbs)

I am sitting in the Marriot Suites, O'Hare in Rosemont, IL.  It is about .8 miles from the airport and jets are taking off and landing every 6 seconds.  I can barely hear them through the th...
Posted by The Revertainer on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:51:00 PST

An investment in the future came today

So - I'm a sponsor for the Ore To Shore bike race in Marquette County.  It is coming in August and I have this fanciful notion of wanting to ride in it.  It is a 48 mile cross country trek a...
Posted by The Revertainer on Thu, 31 May 2007 02:15:00 PST

penis, penis, penis, penis, penis, penis...you get the idea

The following was originally posted over a year ago and I just re-read it.  I thought it was time to bring it back to the top of the list.  I think it's just fucking hilarious and way m...
Posted by The Revertainer on Tue, 22 May 2007 09:00:00 PST

I couldn't believe it - but I said yes. Will you be there?

Saturday night I will be doing something I thought I'd never do again.  Scott - I have to say thank you for being a true man and letting it happen.  I know I was pretty damn harsh and I'm gl...
Posted by The Revertainer on Tue, 22 May 2007 08:04:00 PST