How's life in Tampa?

Life is good here at 620 WDAE in Tampa.

Lots of work, lots of new things, new ideas, new people, new area, new teams. A lot of adjusting, but the job is nice.

I have an office which is really unusual, and my own CPU....so no more fighting for a computer at work.

The worst part = no public transportation. Getting a second car when you don't have the money to afford one sucks.

The best part = NO! not the weather. The scenery (if you catch my drift)

We have a strong heritage lineup down here with solid people that have been here for years. Like anything though, nothing is perfect. We have our flaws and that's what I am attempting to fix.

As far as getting back on the air....no show announcement yet. Then again I wouldn't expect a Chicagoan to give a damn about Rays stadium talk. I have done some updates the last couple of weeks to shake off the dust, but I'm not planning on hitting the air anytime soon as far as a show. My time (as of now) is devoted to making this station the absolute best it can be behind the scenes.

I've heard some things about back home. It's amazing how quickly things seem to change when you leave. I say good luck to those trying to better their careers as a collective, fight the good fight!

I'm pissed off about Q101....but not shocked it happened. There hasn't been anything that radio can grasp onto in that genre of music in the past decade anyway. As much as rock fans hate the rip/hop subgenre (Limp/Korn/etc..)....it saved rock music for a good 6-8 year period.

I'm wearing collared shirts and nice jeans now to work over the t-shirts and shorts. Sandals are my choice of footwear now at all hours outside of work hours.

It's been a real experience for me, but I do miss watching my White Sox every day and talking shit with M&H every morning.

I'm around...always will be.

-RoCk

twitter.com/rockmamola

Rock, not sure if you ever get to frequent any erotic dancing locations or not.
I went to a place in Tampa called Mons Venus last summer and it was the best
I had ever seen hands down ( although hands down isn't really their policy there
if you know what I mean). Just thought I would pass along all my Tampa
knowledge.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

I have passed it many times on Dale Mabry.....it looks like a "swingin" place!!

The good news about Q101 is that the website is still up, and they're running an internet only station for the time being.

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Rock, glad to hear things are going well for you in Tampa. Hope your career there takes off in a great way!

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

If I can play the role of Beardown for a minute, any good stories you can tell that you heard? Like who broke the damn toaster?

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How are the Tampa Bay Rowdies doing this year?

I have no idea what you're talking about....

But it wouldn't shock me if someone did.

-RoCk

No longer around....but there is a pretty cool event coming up down here about the history of Tampa sports. We're sponsoring the event of course. Really looking forward to it

-RoCk

Sure they are! I guess they are actually calling themselves FC Tampa Bay. But apparently the original plan was to resurrect the old Rowdies name. You got to love some second division soccer, Rock!

Rock, hope all is well on the job. Tampa is a beautiful place, in fact the whole area of Tampa, St. Pete and Clearwater is very nice. My parents have a place in Palm Harbor so I am familiar with the radio in the area. Overall its not too bad. I will say that I didn't hear as much condesending talent as there is here in Chicago. In fact, there seemed to be more tolerance for people's opinions, regardless of how "off" they may be. It's a pretty relaxed atmosphere down there and a good place to be during spring training with the number of options you have of teams to check out. Best of luck in the job.

Rock how frustrated our you that the Pirates were in first place and now our on a 10 game losing streak? I actually feel bad because its a long 18 years of being under .500; plus Andrew Mccutchen is a badass.

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"Having Adam Dunn as your Designated Hitter is like Having Billy Joel as your Designated Driver"
The Great Stephen Colbert

How Big is Your Buona?

David Haugh WHO ARE YO CRAPPIN??

Mons Venus was known as a hand job club years ago. I'm not sure if that is still the case though.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Are you aware the Pirates are now 10 games behind the Brewers in the N.L. Central and haven't been the same since losing back-to-back extra inning games to the Braves in Atlanta?