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I was at Disney World last week. My wife wanted to go with the kids, yea our kids are grown. She’s been having a tough time taking care of her Mom. But she picks the time when the kids are out of school so that means it’s going to be crowded with lines. Now I knew Disney was expensive, maybe we...

Here you go Mix, you have 30+ years to go. You can bet he isn’t moving any heavy stuff. You have to plan ahead and think smart. This is somewhere in Babylon, NY not to far from me. I hope I am still moving that well when I am in my 90s View...

Yeah, just felt the earthquake. I thought it was a truck going by or someone doing jumping jacks, but turned out to be a 4.8 earthquake. My niece felt it, and she’s down by DC. And of course I’m supposed to be going into New York City today. Sitting here watching the news making sure everything...

I must’ve missed this episode of WKRP. I used to watch the show because I was in college radio while I was in college. My favorite episode is the turkey drop one, I watch it every November.. This episode I don’t remember seeing but it has a very interesting and funny backstory...

Something came up on Instagram about me for their mobile Mondays feature back in February. I had no idea it was posted over a month ago. Well, I guess you do need to know a little bit about social media. Which, evidently I don’t. I use Facebook and I think I have Twitter and Instagram accounts...

Sam Ash a large music retailer is closing a bunch of stores. I guess competition from Guitar City and online sales hurt business. And all this comes near their 100th anniversary. My father used to take me to Sam Ash when he would get his instruments serviced. I used to go there to buy sheet...

They just released the podcast interview on me they did up at the Harvest of Sound DJ conference in Boston. My wife was happy I was all talked out when I came back. I wasn’t expecting there to be any video although I did see the cameras. The two interviewers are two DJs from Texas and run a...

I posted this on Facebook and might be of interest to those around in the 70s’. This was back in 2005, they had a special disco exhibit at Lincoln Center in New York City. It was a traveling exhibit which did hit a couple of cities back then. I caught the exhibit back 2005 NYC. Unlike in the...

Just back from an event in PA. I saw this shirt I might just have to get. I might be an early Christmas present, i’ll slip it on everytime right before someone asks for advice or information.

Next month is the Harvest of Sound DJ conference DJ in Boston. This year they moved it from downtown to the suburbs, so there should not be no issues with parking. Last year I took Amtrak this year I’ll drive. It looks like they have a full three days of presenters and a speaker shootout. Last...

Almost forgot about this week's AES conference in NYC. AES runs along with the NAB show which is geared toward video production. I’ll likely be there on Wednesday. Hank Shocklee a friend from my hometown will doing the Key Note speech. His DJ company was the one which gave me a ton of ideas in...

This Tuesday was the ADJ Road Show in NYC where you see some of their newest products. They give demos on the new stuff and you get some hands on the new production. A couple of items I liked were; the ADJ Wolfmix DMX Lighting Controller were doesn’t require a computer at your gig but gives you...

Finally got a chance to post about it. I went to the DJ expo with Bryan who at the last minute decides yeah, he wants to go. The past two years he blew it off. I must say I had a pretty good time although since he’s only 20, I couldn’t attend the late-night events. I have to say the expo is...

Just back from the AV/IT summit that they had at the UBS Arena by me. They just built the Arena 2 years ago as the home for the Islanders Hockey team. The Summit included a demo of the AV system in the Arena and a behind the Scenes tour of the control rooms, press areas, editing room &, etc...

Is anybody here heading down to A/C this year? My son just hit up he’s going this year after a two year hiatus. It should be interesting they’re changing the format with some different programs.

I got a chance to grab some photos of one of the sound stations they had spread out over a mile. There were about 14 stations and the equipment is there for at least 4 days, two practice days, and two show days. We set up our spot further down the beach where you can’t see the last speaker...

Let’s see some of those oldest photographs from your DJ business. I was working on a photo book for my guys, putting together photos of them from my early years. It seemed first I didn’t take many business pictures in High School. Luckily I made it inside my yearbook, a Full page photo and also...

Just back from CES, although I am in Boston now trying to go through all of the stuff I saw. This year plenty of laptops. A Couple of them caught my eye. First, we had the new Lenovo Thinkpad X1. It looks like a large-screen iPad which folds and comes with a wireless keyboard that can...

So over the years, I’ve seen conventions for vacuum cleaners even stones during my travels. I’ve seen the guys pushing vacuum cleaners and even large boulders at conventions & conferences. I’ve told people they have conventions for everything. But this one had me scratching my head. And at the...

It was a small conference but very enjoyable. Plenty of nice people and great Conversation. The production value was definitely way better than the other DJ shows I’ve been to. The seminars were very Informative. Lou Paris, Ben Stowe, and Tyler Wallace did a great job with the speaker shootout...

Is anyone else going to the Harvest of sound conference in Boston in December?

I remember seeing the first techniques CD player SL1200 which had pitch control in about 1985. A few years before at a Hi-Fi show, they gave a demo on the digital recording where the digital information was stored on videotape. Absolutely no hiss, rumble, no pops, or clicks. At that time I did...

While looking up a few things on the internet I ran into this article about the sound system in the Paradise Garage. I’m not sure how many people here are old to have been in the club. It was one of the best sounding system at the time. I remember not leaving until 10am in morning and my ears...

I found this very interesting, new Honda EU 3200i. 3200 watts starting at under 60lb. I watch one of the unboxing videos, you can pick it under with one hand. Supposedly quiet as hell. The unit has Bluetooth so you can control it and fuel injection. But of course there is the the Honda price...

This popped up on my Facebook feed. DJ Kool Herc DJ set from the 1970s. I remember that Macintosh amp from back then, A whole 300 watt per channel and that was a lot of power at the time. I couldn’t remotely afford it,. My first power amp was Dynaco 120, 60 watts per channels.