Blog Archives
3/1
peeps....let's start..checked out the new
judas priest cd all weekend. it comes out
this week and it's called "angel of
retribution". there's a little of everything
on this disc.
there's heavy - "judas rising","demonizer" and "hellrider"
there's soft - "angel"(there even some acustic
guitars on this one) and "eulogy"
there's spinal tap - "lochness" do we need a
song about ole nessy?? what's
next.."big foot??"
over all it's a decent rockin' cd that has
traces of the early 90's cd
"painkiller" and some well placed rob halford
screams. sometimes he sounds like a
piece of plywood going through a table saw. it's
awesome!! there is no doubt this
is priest and it's almost like halford never
left for the past 12 or 13 years. i
give it an 8 out of 10.
the next cd i'am looking foward to checking out
is the new mudvayne. "lost and
found" comes out next month and so far it
smokes. "happy?" and "determained" are 2
tracks i've heard and they kill. this band get's
better with every record and this
one should be no different.
the new black lable society looks like it's
going to be a great disc too. the new track
we're playing is called "suicide messiah". this
song couldn't sound more black sabbath
influenced. the last cd was really laid back and
mellow. this one sounds like it's back to what
zakk does best.........rock!!
CHARITY HOCKEY ALERT!! the southgate police
department takes on the taylor p.d. saturday
march 5th at the southgate ice arena. all
the proceeds go to help the family of sgt.
michael scarbrough who was killed in a tragic
car accident on I-94 about a month ago. tickets
are just 2 bucks a piece but if you get a chance
stop by and donate some cash to this great
cause. then watch some truely horrid hockey!!!!
LOL just kidding guys.....
finally check out my page for a chance at a
2004 harley cop motorcycle from the northville
police dept. 20.00 dollars a ticket and only
3,000 will be sold. all the info is on this
page.
send me an e-mail about anything you
want...the one's with hot woman get opened
first!!
2/24
a lot of people e-mailed and called me about my
30 seconds of fame on thediscovery channel's
"biker build-off". it's a must see show for 2
wheeled freak's like me!! this past weeks
episode was taped here in rochester hills with
eric and
his team from voodoo choppers against cory ness
and his unlimited access to some
of the baddest biker parts know to man.
when they filmed it back in late august early
september i was on vacation and stopped by
voodoo to see how the show was done. that's when
the producer judd had the idea of filming
something at the radio station and incorparating
it into the show. they shot about 10-15 minutes
worth of stuff to use. ever since then i've been
wondering what would make it on the show if any.
judd called me over the weekend and told me
there was a nice piece on the show from the
station but it might end up on the cutting room
floor because the discovery people still had to
chop another 6 minutes off. well, about 30
seconds of our in studio interview made the
final cut. it's about as long as my pro hockey
career lasted. i'm turning into a 30 second
man...that can't be a good thing.
it was sweet to watch the show and a big
congrats goes out to all the guys a voodoo as
well as fabricator kevin and the boys from
stevenson's cycle who built a sweet motor for
the "digger" bike "superstition". even though
they didn't win they built a great motorcycle
complete with dual carbs,bright red paint, and a
tiny gas tank that ran out of fuel every 35
miles or so. it replays again on february 26th
at 6pm in case you missed it the first time.
speaking of motorcycles we'll be at the
international motorcycle show this weekend at
cobo. i'll be out there saturday from 2pm-5pm
broacasting. stop by and say hi. i can't wait to
pull my steel horse out of storage and fire it
up..soon my friend,soon.
that's all for now.. a couple charity hockey
games coming up soon which i'll hit on next
time. THANKS FOR ROCKIN' WITH THE RIFF!!!!
2/16
wad up peeps!! had a pretty busy hockey weekend.
went and checked out the game between the red
wing alumni and the maple leafs alumni. not bad
at all. pretty entertaining. it was tied so out
came the shoot-out. a fan favorite. to say tim
cheveldae leaked like a sieve would be and
understatement.
oh well...it was a charity game.
got to meet don edwards, the former sabre
goalie, wendell clark,tony meckegnie, shawn burr
and a few others. it was fun and referee matt
pavolich was
on the money! that may have been one of the best
ref'd games in the history of
the sport! "let the boys play" is mr. p's motto.
on sunday i took to the ice in a game against
the alumni in port huron. i played on a team
called the wertz warriors. what a blast. the
guys where really cool and burr even let me have
a couple break-aways. the first i flubbed
through eddie mio's leg's. i'll take it. the
second i tried going top shelf only to be
rejected
like a girl on prom night! dino, pat peake, john
findstrom, darren banks, dennis hextall, and mio
where some of the former NHLer's to play against
us.
here's
a
picture of me and our fearless leader jeff AKA
heavy d!
once again mr. pavolich was the official and i
didn't think it could get any
better than the night before. boy was i wrong!
that guy just gets better and better like fine
wine. he knows a dive when he sees one and some
guys tried to
pull the wool over his eyes but no sir. he makes
the ref's in the WWE like like mere children!
gotta thank all the guys for a great time. i'll
be at it again on april 16th when the alumni
takes on the southfield P.D. at southfeild rink.
i'm sure i'll be talking about it with art more
times than he'll care to hear about it in the
next month or so.
check out the "biker build off" on the discovery
channel this coming tuesday night at 10pm. when
they taped it back in august i interviewed eric
from voodoo choppers and the film crew came to
the station and taped it. i was told that i made
the show but that discovery still had to chop 4
minutes off the show. i may end up on the floor!
not the first time. but seriously i have to
thank eric and all the guys from not only voodoo
but the discovery channel as well who were so
cool to me. should be a good show and i'am sure
the D will be represented just fine!
thanks for all the e-mails and thanks for rockin'
with the riff!!............later
2/8
Watch Meltdown play with the Mechanics.
(Windows Media Player and high-speed internet
required)
before i get to my pro hockey debut, i want to
mention a couple hockey games going on this
weekend. the first is at the joe when the red
wing alumni take on the maple leaf alumni.
should be a lot of fun. i'll be broadcasting
down there that afternoon. a lot of big time
names will be taking to the ice. don't miss it!
then sunday it's the red wings alumni verses
wertz warriors, on which i'll be playing. it's
in port huron at the mcmorran arena and fires up
around 2pm. that should be sweet as well. hope
to see you out there.
now
on to the game saturday night. first off i want
to thank everybody from the motor city mechanics
organization. over the weekend i skated the
first shift of the game against kalamazoo. so i
guess that i can now be called a pro hockey
player. hell, between me and scotty bowman
there's nine stanley cup rings!
my night started off at 5pm when i got to the
rink. there's a lot of down time before the game
begins so it's a lot of talking to the guys and
just waiting. about 5 or 6 of the guys told me i
should just drop the gloves right off the bat
and beat down someone. never having fought on
the ice before i wasn't sure if that was a good
idea. derian hatcher told me that no one would
remember me just skating around so should just
throttle some dude. i asked him if he had my
back to which he replied laughingly "NO!"
scrap that idea.
went
out during the pre-game warm up and rattled a
few off the cross bar. i was told that was the
thing to do to get the fans fired up. i didn't
want to disappoint the fans now did i?
coach shannon told me before warm ups that i
would start the game and not to get put in the
sin bin. fair enough.
it was getting near time and we had to line up
according to #'s for player introductions. i
wanted to wear #11 but jeff goldie already had
that #. so i went to my back up #7. last week i
was told it was not taken so that was the digit
i would wear. little did i know that chris
chelios would come in and snag it from me.
that's cool. off to #14. the final number of the
whole "french connection" line. there's one for
the diehard hockey fans to remember.
they announced my name and i skated out there
just thinking the whole time "don't fall down."
on the way to the ice i stepped on some
concrete, so i was hoping that i still had an
edge on my right skate. no problem.
karen
newman sang the national anthem then doug podell
came out and dropped the ceremonial first puck.
then it was time to strap it up and get her
going.
a lot of people asked me what chelios was
telling me during the anthem and before the game
started. it was cool because he knew i was a
little nervous and was just giving me some
advise and i think trying to keep me from
screwing up on my shift. he was a big help and
having him give me tips before the game was
something i won't forget soon. he told me "don't
let any of these guys hit you... if you get in
trouble get it deep" and some other things that
i can't remember because my adrenaline was
flowing big time. it's kind of funny that i've
played pick-up hockey with him for the last 4
months but this was the first time i was ever on
the same team as him. that was cool. captain
blair manning was at center, jeff doyle on the
right with big hatch, and cheli on the blue
line. how sweet is that!
the opening puck dropped and away we went. i
couldn't believe that right off the bat the
goalie from the other team went into the corner
to get the puck with his defensemen as well as
doyle. i found myself in front of an empty net
for a split second. nothing came of that and the
play went back down the ice only to come back
into the offensive zone then got cleared. the
defensemen skated back towards the boards and
cleared the puck past me. the first thing that
coach shannon asked me when i got to the bench
was why didn't i drill that guy? to be honest
i've been playing so much none-check hockey that
i didn't even think of it. that's my shift in a
nutshell. i should have video up on the page
soon.
i
skated back to the bench. john the trainer
opened the door for me and said "you're a pro
hockey player now meltdown." that was cool. i
didn't get another shift. i think the deal
between the teams was one shift so that's all i
got. but it was awesome! sitting at the end of
the bench there's a walkway that goes out to a
hallway and during the third period i heard
someone say "meltdown rocks" behind me. i turned
to find the bullgod himself kid rock. he came to
the game but told me he missed my shift.
guitarist jason krause did see it and told me he
couldn't believe it was me and that he was super
jealous. went out to hatchy's and finished out
the night to the kid on stage with the band.
what a great night!
there's a bunch of people i want to thank. team
owner walter cohen, team president john tull who
put it all together. garry unger, mark davis,
steve shannon, john blum, jeff marshall, john
caloia, shannon green, adam kaufman, lauren
segall ,"thunder" dan, david cohen, and everyone
in the front offices.
and a big thanks to my teammates. all the guys
were great and i can't wait to do this again
sometime soon. if you get a chance go out and
support these guys who are making a very modest
living doing what they love to do....play
hockey!
2/2
well, i'm getting ready for my pro debut this
coming saturday night with the motor city
mechanics. kris draper, derien hatcher and chris chelios will be some of my teamates. with
this whole lock-out thing going on in the NHL,
i've had the chance to skate with all of these
guys for about the last 4 months or so.
about 3 months ago the mechanics came up to me
about the idea of skating one shift with the
team. i picked this weekend's game not knowing
that a packed house and NHLer's on my team would
await. but i have to be honest, the guys on the
team have treated me pretty well, pushing me to
do better and encouraging me along the way.
everyone in the coaching staff has been very
helpful also.
the truth be known, i want to help them even if
it's just in a little way. these guys are
playing for the love of the game and very little
money just to try to make it someday in the big
show. when drapes, hatch, and cheli came into
the locker room, it was cool to see the other
guys in awe of the whole situation. these guys
don't see 6 or 7 cameramen for local and
national newscasts in their locker room every
day. on the other hand, the guys from the Wings
really just wanted to blend in and play so they
didn't try to overshadow the other guys as much
as possible. can't wait to play. hope to see you
out there!
checked out the biker build-off on the discovery
channel the other night. the detroitbros took
home the trophy and did the motor city proud. i
was able to see the winning bike last week and
it's pretty sweet. it's known as "modern
ghetto." i have to thank jamie and dave for
coming on the show monday night. one more
detroit boy will make his appearance on the show
coming up -- eric from voodoo choppers. that's
on february 22nd and there might even be an
appearance from me. don't blink cause you might
miss my part! congrats to all the guys for being
picked to be on the show. i love watching it and
it just makes me crazy looking outside knowing
i'm not going to get on my hog for another few
months.
one last thing. i hosted a bash at walkers
speakeasy in dearborn heights over the weekend.
i have to thank george and his staff for a great
night. vinny and the boys from sponge kicked ass
as well as the guys from 50 cent headrush; and
the bar is pretty cool. it's at joy and beech
daly on the southwest side. it also seems to be
a hangout for strippers, which is never and bad
thing. stop in sometime when your on that side
of town and suck back a few.
1/27
wad up!!!...skated with the motor city mechanics
for the first time today. i'm not used to
"practicing." i normally just go out there in
true beer league hack style and light it up!!
we'll see how my practicing goes as i take to
the ice with the guys for real on february 5th.
come on out to frasier and check it out for
yourself. to order tickets call 1-866-997-puck.
as i write this there is no NHL hockey going on
and it looks like there may not be any this
year! that would suck hardcore. now there is
really nothing worth watching on CBC. they might
as well shut that station off!!
the new judas priest kicks ass. can't wait to
hear the rest of it. "angel of retribution"
comes out on march 1st. i like the fact that
they didn't try to change to much. sometimes
bands try to go with the current trends and it
just sounds so contrived. priest know what they
do best and so far have delivered.
speaking of hogs i'm jonesin' to get back on
mine. after checking out the builder bike off
last tuesday with finch from pontiac, i went
home and looked at mine all wrapped up for the
long winter nap. i thought the show was good and
finch's bike deservedly won the episode. jesse
rooke seems like a spoiled rich kid from the
west coast. i thought his bike was cool but i'm
not into these motorcycles that like "bikes."
the guys from www.detroitbros.com will be on
this tuesday. i think they may pop up on the air
and give us a rundown on the show early next
week. soon enough i'll pull mine back out and
beat the streets of the motor city.
we are already getting request's for charity
rides. keep checking my page for details on a
bunch coming up as well as harleyfest 2005. just
another reminder that i might make a small
appearance on the biker build off show on
february 22nd. check out eric and the guys from
www.voodoochoppers.com for more about that.
detroit is represented big time in this very
popular discovery channel show.
i like this plate!!! i'm sure someone has
complained about this already. some people have
no sense of "hummer" er..humor!
later
1/17
i have a lot of things to get to so here it
goes....
first off,
check out the wild game dinner coming feb
12. slipknot coming to town and i can't wait.
it's on a saturday too so i'll be able to check
out the show. march 12th to be exact. it's going
to kick major ass!! see you there. there's a ton
of things going on before that show though. i'll
go in order: february 5th i take to the ice with
the motor city mechanics. the league has ok'd
one shift so i shouldn't get hurt too bad. who
knows, maybe i'll get more. if i light the lamp
maybe they'll sign me... ok that's just me
living in a dream world but show up to find out.
february 8th the magic stick downtown will fill
with the quiet tones of mudvayne!!! i've only
heard a couple tracks of the new cd "lost and
found" but they smoke! after seeing these guys
open the summer sanitarium with metallica,
linkin park, bizkit, and the deftones i'm sold
on them. they are awesome in concert. check out
my interview with matt the drummer here on the
page. february 22nd i might make an appearance
on the discovery channel's "bike build-off."
eric and the guys from voodoo cycle out of
rochester got on the show to do battle with
legendary bike builder arlen ness's son cory.
the discovery channel crew came to the station
and filmed me interviewing eric and cory back in
september. hopefully they'll use a few seconds
of that and keep me off the cutting room floor.
that starts at 10pm on the 22nd. finally just a
little hollywood magic. if you watch the movie "dodgeball"
hit the enter button on you remote control every
time ben stiller snaps his fingers. it takes you
to hidden parts of the dvd. check out more
"eggs" and
www.eeggs.com . there are a ton of them. by
the way the movie "napolean dynamite" is funny
as hell. go get it! i'm out of here like the NHL
season..talk to you later
1/9
Watch
Bret Hull on SNL
(You need Windows Media Player
and high-speed internet access.)
1/5
here we go for the first time in 2005. hope
y'all had a great christmas and new year. mine
was cool. the kid rock christmas party was the
highlight for me. drinking, good people, tara
reid! it was fun. i'll leave it at that.
motley crue is coming back and so are all the
rumors. will mick mars even tour with his bad
health? dude weighs like 111 lbs! tommy lee was
said to be only touring because of the separate
buses. and i have to be honest, i've never seen
vince this positive. i interviewed him back in
the middle of december and could not believe how
fired up he appeared to be about touring, his
singing, and the band in general.
on new years day the tv show "remaking vince
neil" was on VH1. i asked him about this during
our conversation and he expressed nothing but a
good attitude about it. after watching it i
think he's really turned his life around. i've
met and interviewed him many times before and
he's always been a little bit of a challenge.
(especailly if he's been boozing) but talking to
him last month was like talking to a different
guy. it all remains to be seen what happens this
year to the crue on tour, but one thing is for
sure... it won't be normal. bet on that!
keep it on the riff as we hook you up for
everything crue for the february 25th show at
the palace.
i did leave a message on my page during the
holiday break about the upcoming, or lack there
of, NHL season. it all depends who you talk to
as far as what you'll hear. i've heard that both
scotty bowman and barry melrose have had good
things to say as far as the season getting
underway. then i've heard some guys saying the
complete reverse. one thing is for sure, the NHL
can not afford to take a whole year off and
expect to be the "4th" sport anymore. they were
lucky to be in the top 10 last year. the NHL
playoff's
got
beat in the ratings by the poker championships
for god sake! january 14th will tell the tale as
to whether they play or go home. and we'll see
what happens. hit the ice boys!
i'll be broadcasting this friday at the emerald
ballroom this friday night. if you've ever
wondered what your missing there on fridays,
take a look at sara.....'nugh said.
later
12/27
just a word for my fellow hockey fans...my
people are telling me that the NHL season may
start at the end of january...maybe a little
holiday positivism, but i've been told some very
optimistic things about the lock-out
situation...let's fire it up...it's been a cold
winter!!
12/22
i'm out this bitch for a week!! i'll be back for
the big new years bash at the emerald. hope you
can make it up there. in the mean time have a
great christmas and rockin'
2005..............meltdown
12/15
where to begin? last thursday godsmack was in
town and that
meant a chance to fire up a game
of hockey with robbie. when he's not banging way
on the bass he
laces up the skates and takes to
the frozen pond. here's some pictures from that.
then it was off to L.A. for the motley
crüe
press conference to announce their upcoming
tour. to say this was a well kept secret would
the furthest thing from the truth. this thing
was leaked big time.
i got to L.A. on sunday afternoon. i leave
detroit at noon, it's sunny but a bit chilly. i
get to california at 2:30 their time and it's
cloudy, rainy, and about 45 degrees. that sucked
bad.
but the trip was sweet. from the swanky hotel i
stayed in to all the B rated celebs i saw. pauly
shore, steve o, davey from AFI, scott ian from
anthrax, fred coury from cinderella, the guys
from orgy, deano formally of fear factory, smile
empty soul as well as mike from linkin park and
that ette chick from www.metal-sludge.tv.
the party after the concert from the crüe
was at the world famous whiskey. tommy lee was
spinning and really getting into it. nikki
showed up in the hears that brought the boys to
the palladium earlier that night. he came with
his wife donna derrico who i was introduced to.
that may have made the 2,000 plus mile trip
worth every inch. she is how shall we say..oh ya...HOT!!!
afterwards i went and had a bite to eat at the
rainbow then headed next door to the roxy for
the band metal skool. i had heard a lot about
these guys and i was going to make it a must
see. this girl i know named erica told me to go
to the front door and ask for a guy named steve,
throw her name around and he would let me and
whoever i brought with me in. long story short -
i'm out $12.50..thanks erica!
metal skool was awesome. they are a spoof on
80's hair metal and are a really good band to
boot. if you ever get the chance to see them i
highly recommend it. tell steve i sent you then
pay your $12.50.
all in all the trip was great. check out my trip pics
below. more next week...later
Meltdown
10/19/04
hey cyber freaks........
a lot of people showed up saturday night to snag
velvet revolver tickets at 5th avenue downtown.
those tix are hot and the velvet rope parties
are going to be great chances to score them. the
next one is thursday at johnny g's right next to
the emerald in mt. clemens. i'll be hosting a
bash this saturday in northville at the wagon
wheel. it is going to rock so be there!!!!!!
i'll also be at joe panian chevy this friday
between 4pm and 6pm. i am lucky enough to be
their "voice" on the RIFF and i can't wait to
get there and pimp chevys live and in person! i
don't endorse many things. that's by design. but
these guys really treat people cool and there is
nothing like a nice piece of americana rolling
down the street's of the D. and they can hook
you up big time with some sweet extra's for your
ride.
just as the concert season looked to be slowing
down, it starts to crank back up. manson,
shinedown, deftones, velvet revolver, sevendust,
megadeth, slayer, and more. keep it locked on
WRIF for details and tickets.
later
Meltdown
10/12/04
hey people.......
the plymouth chili cook-off was pretty sweet. tons of
bikes everywhere. the day was decent too so it brought
out a record crowd.
i was once again a judge of chili. for a guy who can
barely toast bread, i don't know what kind of judge i
make, but i do my best and like trying out the chili's.
some were a little saucy for me. i like meat!! and lots
of it. maybe i should just judge hamburgers! i also
don't like them too hot and even as i type this (with 2
fingers) i can still feel heat on my tongue from some of
them.
i will be at 5th ave. downtown this saturday night
with
stacks of velvet revolver tickets to give away. that
show is in mt. clemens nov 23rd and the only way to get
them is through the RIFF....so be there..
finally fred from ohio e-mailed this to me. it speaks
for itself!!! i just want to know where this road is.
it's not hines drive that's for sure!!
shoot me an e-mail.
later
Meltdown
10/5/04
hey y'all
a lot of you e-mailed me about the hockey game on friday.
robbie from godsmack played with us again and we got
more than we bargained for. let me start from the
beginning.
i talked to robbie a month ago and then he called me a
week ago to make sure we were playing. this dude loves
getting out on the ice as much as i do. so when i talked
to him i scheduled the ice and called up some guys to
play.
he told me to give him a call on thursday to remind him
about it. no problem i thought. you see, godsmack was
playing up the upper part of michigan on thursday and
when i called him i got no response. now i'm thinking
that he forgot and won't make it. but i know he is a
hockey f
reak
like me so there is no way he is not going to show. 9am
friday morning my cell phone rings. 3 hours before ice
time. he was in B F E and could not get or return calls.
he said he had 12 messages on his machine and couldn't
call any back because of no service. cool. we're in
business.
i drive out to the palace and pick him up along with his
camara guy paul who filmed some of it. maybe it will
show up on their next DVD. anyways, we get to the rink
and on the ice is nick lindstrom, manny lagace, igor
larinov, arron ward, etc. one of the first guys i
see is NHLPA big shot bob goodenow.
brian smolinski from the senators was suppose to play
with us, and he did, but not until attending a meeting
out in the parking lot with all the boys and goodenow.
it's not looking good for the NHL this year. we'll see.
back to the game. robbie was fired up that "smoke" was
playing with us because he played for boston and
robbie's a huge bruins fan. even though smoke didn't
bring the thunder (he didn't want to hurt the goalie!!)
it was still sweet that he came out and skated with us.
everyone was fired up to play with a veteran NHLer.
afterwards i guess some guys went to trumpps or
somewhere, while robbie and i had to go to "work." i had
to broadcast live from the show and he had to go and
rehearse.
around 5:15 we took a bunch of RIFF listeners backstage
to the metallica meet and greet. this may have been the
longest meet and greet i've ever seen. it lasted until
about 8pm. there was a lot of waiting but when a band
member came in they took pictures, signed stuff and
really talked to the people who were there.
robert was first followed by kirk then james. those guys
were all in the room at the same time. when they left it
was about an hour of nothing until lars came in. just
like the other guys he walked from person to person
shook hands, asked them thier name, singed their stuff
then did photo's with them. they really tried to "touch"
everyone as apposed to some other meet and greets i've
been to with other bands.
at 6pm toby from metallica's staff came and grabbed me
to interview james. he took me to a small room in the
palace and told me to chill there for a few. after about
a 10 minute wait james walked in. he was awesome and
talked about everything from cliff burton to dave
mustaine to the next cd. check it the interview on my
page. after we talked he hung out with us for a couple
minutes and BSed with myself and ron from promotions. it
wasn't like he did the interview then bolted.
at 7:20 they came and got me again. it was time to go
onstage before godsmack to welcome the crowd. normally
they have a bunch of rules of what you can and can't
say. i was prepared for this. i got up to the stage
manager and said "what's the rules?". he replied "have
fun!" and just handed me the mic. that was a first! i
went on the huge stage and just said whatever i could
before i had walked all the way a round.
metallica took the stage shortly after 9pm and killed as
they always have. fuel, seek and destroy, disposable
heroes (personal fave), enter sandman, one. it was a
great night!!!
see you guys at the chili cook-off in plymouth this
sunday. if you have a harley you should be there.
just like the tigers season... i'm over!!
later
Meltdown
9/29/2004
hey!!!!!!!!!
over the weekend i saw something i would never see. no
not arthur working a full week, i saw ron from our crack
promotion staff get married at the biker bash. dressed
in a rented tux (i'm almost sure he had a great white
t-shirt on under his suit) he tied the knot with his
girlfriend chris in a 20 minute ceremony capped off by
ron saying "yea baby yea!!!" when asked for the i do's.
good luck to both of them. especially chris. i know ron!
what a great day for a ride. more than 2,000 bikes came
out to help out the st. joseph's pediatric unit, suck
beers and check out some cool bands.
what a ride too. the police escorted ride was awesome!
the cops ALWAYS do a great job blocking off traffic and
keeping the ride moving.
this friday night the boys from metallica come to town.
i saw the show in chicago at the end of august, and it's
pure metallica in the round. from start to finish the
show rocks. i personally liked the screens that show
just about every angle of the stage you can imagine.
have you ever seen how lars uses his feet on his kick
drums? you will! have you ever seen up james' nose as
he's singing? you will! you get the picture.
plus the center of the stage moves
-- really slow. pay attention. of course be on the look
out for pyro and light show second-to-none by my buddy
butch.
godsmack opens the show. robbie from the band will once
again take to the ice with me and some of my friends
friday afternoon. robbie is a hockey freak like me! last
time we played it was sweet. we had about 20 skaters and
had a blast on the ice. this year could be a little
different. i know for a fact a couple guys who are, how
shall we say, er... "out of work" will be playing. brian
smolinski from the ottawa senators is coming and robbie
is fired up about that. "smoke" played for boston and
robbie ,being from that part of the country, is a huge
bruins fan. a couple other guys are in the works too,
but i don't want to say anything yet. i'll write about
it all next week. should be cool.
are any of you guys fired up about the "chase for the
championship" in nascar???
what songs are you digging now???
do you miss the nhl???
and finally... is this chick hot
or what?? she was going through metro airport and some
of the fine officers down there took her picture and
sent it to me. i think it looks like a dead heat in the
zeppelin race!!
later
Meltdown
9/24/2004
what up!!??!?!
not much time today so i'll give it to you fast.
1) i'll be at baileys in dearborn saturday night(9/25)
from 9pm-11pm. be there
2) i'll be in the 2nd annual biker bash run for charity
leaving wolverine harley davidson in mt clemens at 11:30
am sunday(9/26)morning. be there (don't forget about
ron's wedding afterwards. i'll have the mike for sure.
paybacks!)
3) snookers in livonia @ 96 and inkster every tuesday.
be there
4) the new track from thornley kicks major ass! easy
comes
5) metallica and godsmack friday at the palace. be
there. i saw the show in chicago and it smokes. keep it
on the riff for tix and to see if robbie from godsmack
will strap on the hockey gear again with yours truly and
take to the frozen pond!
thanks to brian who sent me this from hummer. this was
in a promo pack at the auto show in detroit.
i've said it before "there's nothing like a hummer"
(maybe i haven't but now's a good time to start!)
thanks for reading and i'll see you around town or on
the airwaves rockin' this bitch!!!!!!!!!
meltdown
Meltdown
9/16/2004
a lot of things happening in the "big unit's" world
right now. first off, thanks to eric from VooDoo
Choppers and good luck to him. i've been putting him on
the air here and there as he gets a scooter ready for
the discovery channel's "biker build off" program. his
competition is none other than corey ness son of the
legendary arlen ness. to say that he's got his work cut
out for him is an understatement. but as he put's it, he
would rather go up against someone like him than a
builder who doesn't have as big a profile. good luck
bro. i'm pulling for you.
i also have to give a shout to his team of builders
helping him, from kevin to drew to the guys from
stevenson cycles. also the discovery crew. these guys
are so cool and they really do their best to put a good
product on the air. it's working. judd, steve, doug and
melissa are great people and it was cool as hell meeting
them.
the episode airs sometime in february. keep it on the
riff and we'll let you know when it's on. be sure to
check it out.
speaking of bikes, september 26th is the 2nd annual
"biker bash" at wolverine harley in mt. clemens. last
year we had well over 1,000 bikes for the first ever
bash. it was a great ride too. this year is a little
different. we'll still have ton's of bikes, food and
bands but you'll also see a wedding. that's right, ron
from our crack promotional staff has decided to tie the
knot at the event. i bust ron's balls all the time, but
truth be known he's a pretty good dude and hopefully we
can get through the whole service without someone
objecting to him and chris getting hitched or some sort
of bachelor party hang-over vomit happening. just
busting his balls. see
saturday
afternoon i hung at carls golfland in bloomfield hills.
it's right on telegraph just north of square lake. i may
never make par but i love smacking the little white ball
around. that place is sweet. i had never been there
before and didn't realize how big the driving range in
the back was. we gave away ryder cup tickets and rounds
at brea burn in plymouth.
i have to thank our golf pro perry for improving my
horrible form and thus helping out my shots. he doesn't
look as good as this golf pro but he did a great job out
there with all of us.
i'm out gone like my awful golf swing......
Meltdown
9/9/2004
hey people!!
hope you had a chance to check out the metallica video
from chicago. i have to thank nicolis the web site guru
for throwing me on it. thanks bro. october 1st in
detroit. the show is awesome as always. get your tickets
and keep it on WRIF for free ones!
i'll be at carl's golf land saturday afternoon. that's
on telegraph just north of square lake. come out and
grab some ryder cup stuff and maybe i'll even show you a
thing or 2 on the driving range!!(right?!?!?)
coming up the weekend of the 25th is a sweet motorcycle
run leaving wolverine harley in mt. clemons. it's about
a 60 mile run and there's always bands, babes and
beer's....the 3 must's for any good run! keep it on the
riff for more details as we get closer.
that's all for know...i'm engaged in a conversation
about dungeons and dragons with steve black and
tiny.........somebody help
me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meltdown
8/31/2004
hey people!!
i'm on vacation but i had to put up something because of
the awesome weekend i had. let's get to it!
worked till about 2 am thursday tying up some lose ends
and then made my way home just to get up at 7am and
catch a flight to chicago friday morning. why you ask?!?
i had to go see metallica at the rosemont center.
i was going there to interview jamz, kirk and robert
from metallica as well as all the guys from godsmack.
about 8 radio stations from around the country were
there to do the same. we all had shows upcoming on the
tour at each city
when i got to the windy city i was informed that the
guys from godsmack could come by at any time so i had
better get there when i could. knowing how rock stars
function i had a feeling that i would be there for a
while before i saw any sign of the boys. that was cool
because we got the tour of the metallica stage and i
talked to some of the crew as well.
first the stage. it's in the round. which as someone
told me "it's like having 4 front rows". what they do is
hang the lighting from the middle of the arena and build
the stage in one end of the ice surface. then when the
lights go up, the stage is pushed under them to the
center of the arena. this takes a lot of people to do.
normally i tend to avoid the roadies because i don't
want to get in their way or bother them. they have a
tough enough job as it is without me causing them
problems. but this time they brought the guys to us. i
was told that they don't like to talk to us (radio guys)
because we make them nervous. i ended up talking to the
stage manager, lighting guy, head of security and even
fan club guys. some of you die-hards might know nichlos
the web-site guru. hung with him too. he took some
pictures of james and i that he said were suppose to be
up on the site. check it out if you get a chance.
first, in came the godsmack guys around 2pm. i talked
with robbie and shannon first. robbie said he was up for
another hockey game when they come to detroit like we
did last time. he plays whenever he can and i don't turn
down ice ever!! shannon being the good irish boy that he
is had a shamrock shirt on and green cowboy hat.
they went their way to other
stations when sully and tony came over. as soon as i saw
tony all i could think of was the exposed section of
metal-sludge.tv with his old cover band. pretty
funny. anyhow, bs'ed with them for a few as well. you
hear all these interviews on the riff as we get closer
to the show.
then the metallica boys came by about 4pm. the first one
i interviewed was kirk. he's always been nice and talked
for about 10 minutes about the band, surfing, "some kind
of monster" flick, jason newstead and other stuff. like
robert, he never really looks at you when you're talking
to him. he tends to look down like he's shy or that he
can't believe anybody would want to know about him. like
i said, he was very cool, cut some id's for the station,
grabbed a picture, and away he went.
next up was jamz. he is the biggest "rock star" of the
bunch. stands about 6 feet tall, killer tattoos and just
has a dude-factor about him. christ, he JAMES HETFIELD!!!
he's also super nice and pretty open about things. i
should mention that all the crew guys love working for
metallica. none of them had a bad thing to say about any
of the guys. back to james. we talked about the movie,
his hot rods, touring, and some general stuff. he said
that he has changed a lot over the last few years. i
could talk with this guy for hours but you only have a
few minutes so you ask what you can and he goes to
another station. really cool guy.
robert came by last. did you ever meet someone who loves
his job??? that's robert. this dude glows about the
position he's in, and like kirk and some of the other
crew guys told me, he has really loosened up the band.
not a bad word was spoken towards him all day. he told
me a really funny story about ozzy, talked about being
in the biggest band in the world, and how to pronounce
his last name. you'll have to listen.
they split around 6 pm and so did we. back to the hotel,
drop off our recording stuff and then back to the show.
went and grabbed dinner and saw the last song of
godsmack's set. lights come back on and the wait for the
might met starts.
about an hour before they take to the stage they go to
their "tuning room." they just jam and sometime come up
with riffs that they might use somewhere down the road,
or they rehearse a song they might play that night that
they haven't done in a long time. all of these sessions
are recorded. we walked right by the room on the way to
see the concert and could hear lars banging away.
during the show i was standing right next to lars'
parent and his new squeeze. not too shabby being a
rock star. the show was awesome as you would expect with
james using all of the 12 mics at his disposal, lars
getting up and down from his drum kit all night, PYRO,
surprise songs they played, and that stage set-up which
was real sweet.
the night ended at about 3am in the hotel bar, which was
late seeing that i had to be back at o'hare at 8am! that
was just the start of my long weekend and right now i'm
sick of typing. you'll hear all interviews as we
gear up for the show october 1st. get your tickets and
don't be left behind.... i gotta go vacation!!!!!!!!!
later
Meltdown
8/27/2004
off on vacation!!!! it's been a while. since christmas
to be exact. starting off va-ca in chicago checking out
metallica. i'll be interviewing the boys in both
metallica and godsmack as well. keep it locked on the
riff all the way up to showtime right here in detroit
october 1st at the palace of auburn hills. hear the
interviews, win tickets and more. YOUR OFFICIAL HOME OF
METALLICA!!! accept no weak ass imitations!
speaking of metallica, i hopped on the hog and rode out
to jackson and checked out "some kind of monster." it
was kinda like "a year and 1/2 in the life of metallica"
that came out back in the early 90's.
going to try to check out kid rock's third show at DTE.
i think the last shows are always the best. he has a
couple days off afterwards to rock, and the whole band
lays it out. some of my vacation may include checking
out the band in new york as well. we'll see. as you can
tell i don't know what the hell i'm going to do with a
week off! i'll do a lot of riding for sure.
good luck to eric and all the guys at voodoo choppers in
roch. they're going to be on an upcoming biker build off
episode on the discovery channel. i love watching that
show. i might even take a swing by and check out the
progress during my vacation. i've got that going for me
too. see, i really have nothing to do for a week, so
i'll just do whatever.
that's all i got for now...see you after labor
day.............later
Meltdown
8/18/2004
hey people!!
thanks to everyone who rode last sunday to benefit the
family of officer sawyers. we had over 500 guys donate
to the cause and as usual the cops did an awesome job
stopping traffic. the ride went for over 50 miles and
not a car in front of us on 696 or 75. that doesn't
happen often. now if i could just figure a way to have
them in front of me on the way to work i would have it
made!
m.i.s. this weekend should be good. i love going out
there. we'll be behind the main grandstand broadcasting.
swing by if you come out to the irish hills and say
what-up! here's my prediction: tony stewart makes it 2
in a row. big question is going to be who gets the 10th
and final spot in the chase for the championship. ryan
newman has been slipping and the evernham boys (kahne
and mayfield) have been coming on strong. either way
should be fun down the stretch.
big run heading out of abc harley this saturday..check
out the hawg section of
the site. later.
Meltdown
8/10/2004
hey peeps...
a lot of things to get to today, so here it goes....
first off, had a blast at the arthur p golf outing
friday night. my team finished -2 and were +38 in the
beer department! one of the guys on my team is a friend
of mine named bill. he called me last week to see if he
could get in the tourney by himself. i made a couple
calls and got him in. next thing i know, he's on my
team. let me set the picture: think of the loudest,
rudest, drunkest person you know. then add a little bit
to that!...that's bill. i get to devil's ridge and not
only is he on my team, he's coming in on the trumpp's
party bus! in other words, he had a huge head start on
the rest of us. when bill gets drunk foul language flies
out of him like cheesy puffs flying into michael moore's
mouth. at every hole the strippers knew bill by name.
we'll leave that one alone. needless to say, we didn't
use too many of his shots but had a great time!
did i mention how hot the emerald
theater girls are?? they were at a hole and it's always
nice seeing them!!
george blaha was there at the
dinner afterwards and was awesome. i did feed him some
lines that i'm sure he'll use on tv this coming season.
(maybe not.) i didn't even have to show him the ski-hook
to prove to him that i was the real deal. he knew i was
retarded from the time he met me!LOL
this weekend we are riding in a charity run for the
officer who was killed in sterling heights in june.
check out the hawg rides
section of the site for all the details. it's all to
help officer sawyer's family and we need to raise some
money for them. try to make it out for this great cause.
should be fun.
i also want to say wad-up to the guys in the dirty
americans. they came into the studio last wednesday, and
let me tell you they are a bunch of nice guys. sometimes
in this business dicks go far and the real people get
left behind. let's hope that it doesn't happen in this
case. they are playing all over michigan and ohio in the
weeks to come. they're opening up for alice cooper. go
check them out and tell them i sent you. scope
their website for details.
that's all for now...later
Meltdown
8/4/2004
hope all's well with you guys. half way through summer
and still a lot of stuff to get to. there's a motorcycle
ride coming up on august 21st to benifit the make-a-wish
foundation. keep it locked on the riff for more
details... should be a good ride.
on august 28th,before the kid rock show, we'll be
playing softball with the farmington hills police dept.
for charity. they always put me on the team with has
been pro athletes and they bring my play down!! LOL i
mean we always get smoked by the P.D. who are pretty
good players. on our team will be drew lane, mike and
marc from the morning show, trudi, screamin' scott,
shawn burr, manny legace, johnny O. some former tigers
and some other red wings. you can see how my talent
cannot shine with these guys backing me up!!?!?..they
had better bring game!! LOL it will be played at the
diamonds next to the farmington hills ice arena on 8
mile... hey, maybe we should just play hockey instead!!!
this week i make the trek up to devils ridge golf course
for the annual arthur p. golf outing. this has truly
become one of my favorite things to do each year. it's
the only time i show off my golf prowess and amaze my
team with unbelievable shot's and putt's. ok, that not
true but it is a great day off and i love giving the big
guy a bunch of shit about it on the air. it's the only
time i have to get out on the links and it's kinda fun.
i've been at 3 arthur p tourney's before and i've golfed
a total of...em... lets see...3 times in my life. this
will be #4. hopefully i'll be better than last year. as
long as the beers don't kick in too fast i'll be
allright. i also can't wait to tell george blaha about
my devastating "sky - hook." to the guys here at work,
it's like a puzzle that can't be sloved!
just some things i've observed..
* john kerry and john edwards touch each other more that
2 men should get a room!
* dale earnhardt jr may have burned his chances for a
championship this year!
* have you ever seen micheal moore and louie anderson in
the same room?
* i miss hockey!!
check out these pics
of our u.s. military...go get em' boys...and girls!!!
i'm gone like john daley's diet program...
Meltdown
7/21/2004
hey y'all
got a lot of reaction from the
glenn dazig clip on my page..pretty funny stuff. i've
had some good interviews with him and other one's where
i've wanted to slug him too.
saw nickleback and three doors down over the weekend in
new york. have to thank my boy bob from universal
records for the hook-up.
i didn't get to see the bands in the D a couple weeks
back so i fired up the road trip and saw them sunday.
puddle of mudd and 12 stones opened up. from what i
understand nickleback is "headlining" all the northern
show's while 3DD does the southern shows.
both bands were good. 3DD played a couple new songs too.
they've been on the road supporting the "away from the
sun" cd for a long time so i half expected a new track
or two. the one song was called "father's son" and was a
fairly heavy 3DD song. kinda dark too.
nickleback was cool. i've seen these guys about 3 or 4
other times. i'm not sure if chad purposely tries to
play the whole "rock star" thing or if it's just his
"spinal tap" style, but just the way he plays his guitar
and interacts with the crowd is straight ahead "rock"
show. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with that;
he's pretty good at it. he just seems to grab a lot of
rock n roll clichés and put them into one show and i
can't tell if he's trying to amuse the road crew or
maybe i've seen too many shows!! LOL
i really thought of spinal tap during one of the songs
when fire just engulfed the whole drum riser. don't they
know that drummers are very combustible?!?!?!
one of the most interesting things i saw, which i have
never seen before at a show, where girls at the corner
of the stage "signing" all the songs. there was a
section of deaf people at the show and 2 ladies switch
off using their hands to tell the people what the band
is singing. i have to admit that every time someone
swore on stage i had to watch how the ladies with their
very animated expressions passed it along to the crowd.
when 3DD was on they knew most of the words, but when
nickleback took to the stage it was funny to watch them
shrug their shoulders when they couldn't understand the
lyrics or what chad was saying. they where very good at
what they do and when i told them i was going to mention
them on my page, they signed to me "cool."
before my trip i was at milan dragway on saturday
afternoon. let me just say that if you've never seen top
fuel dragsters in action, you haven't lived. 7000 horse
power is hard to describe, but it's got to feel like
getting blasted by a mike tyson punch .....x 1,000.
these things are awesome and i look forward to it every
year. the jet cars, wheel standers etc. ask anybody that
went and i'm sure they will give it glowing reviews too.
that's all for now. later.
Meltdown
7/15/2004
hey y'all
check out glen danzig getting blasted by some dude
from an unsigned band. i just wonder if he was calling
for his "mother" while he was on the canvas!!!
sorry...had to do it.
gotta say a big "dat a boy" to joe schwartz from st.
clare shores. dude's tying the knot soon and i made to
his bachelor party saturday night. i had never met joe
before so you might be asking "why was i hanging with
him over the weekend?". this is where the story gets
funny.
saturday afternoon some guys i ride with were at a party
store in wayne. they see a bunch of dudes lugging a keg
out of the place and start talking to them. they tell my
boys they're have a party for joe who is getting
hitched. somehow, and i don't know how, my name gets
brought up and they invite us all over for the bash.
well i had to be at pub 13 in ypsi that night and i get
a call at about 6pm asking if i would come out early and
make this dudes night by crashing his party. why i would
make his night i'm not sure. i would understand if i had
double D's and cute names for vibrators, but whatever.
so we show up at this dude chuck's house on this sweet
golf course sub in romulus. there's about 12-15 guys
there and they're well on their way when we arrived. joe
is doing beer bongs after beer bong and ends up blowing
chunks 10 minutes after we get there. and i'm not
talking running into the bathroom or around the corner
of the house. i'm talking right next to us in front of
all his cheering buddies. it was awesome! 10 minutes
later he's back to sucking beers!! PUKE AND RALLY all
the way.
not a bad time for never having met any of these guys
and we only stayed 45 minutes. one more thing, i have to
say hi to his boy michael vincent kuntz. that's his real
name. (insert your own joke here). had a great time.
i'll be at milan dragway saturday afternoon. love that
place and i wish i could get out there more often. i'll
be there from 4pm-6pm with all sorts of swag. check out
the cars grabbing ground down on the 1/4 mile.
i'm gone like joe's freedom...
Meltdown
7/8/2004
i don't know what it is, well ok i do, but i watch that
show "the simple life" each week. something about paris
hilton is so hot. maybe it's just her! i've gotten some
smokin' e-mails form listeners with her. i wish i could
post some here, but it's not for little eyes. as far as
the ritchie chick goes, you can keep her. just a tip.
the best way to view the show is with the volume down!!
speaking of dumb broads, eminem's ex kim mathers could
be one of the stupidest people walking the planet. how
hard is it to stay out of jail and collect a fat check
every month. apparently it's too tough for her as she
heads to the slammer for a year after breaking her
probation.
keep it locked on the RIFF for a couple upcoming
motorcycle rides. one of them is a benefit and one is
for a great cause and has some big celeb riders... keep
it locked... that's all i'm saying... .
check out www.thesmokinggun.com for the metallica rider
from earlier this year. one of the longest i've ever
seen though nothing really out of the ordinary. they
have some other riders too. click on backstage and check
out the foo fighters and others. the old story about van
halen asking for certain m &m 's is legendary now. they
only asked for those to see if the promoter followed
through with the things they needed.
i'm gone like paris hilton's virginity...
Meltdown
6/29/04
a couple things to hit this week.
* i've had my new harley from motor city harley for
about 3 weeks now. people ask me what i think. i like it
now when i get my loud pipes i'll love it!!. they come
out of the factory too quiet.
* thanks to everyone who played in the riff/labatt
hockey tourney. my wrif team took the top spot in the
lower division and 5th ave. won the upper league.
it's a fun tourney and a good reason to get out and
skate during the summer.
special thanks to my team...alex, steve, boxer, sammy,
andre, ronnie, john m,Z, mark, rob, matt, eric, john h ,joe
,jags and fish.
* looking forward to the long weekend. i'll be hosting a
bash at hockeytown this saturday night. stop up, have a
beer and check out the daytona race on the TV's. i start
at 9pm.
that's all for now... gotta love the french!
Meltdown
6/22/04
thanks to everyone who swung be harleyfest. i had a lot
of work to do to get ready.
friday night i hosted four-play friday at the emerald
(have i mentioned how hot the shot girls are there!!
smokin'). earlier in the day i was watching some weather
shmuck on tv and he said the rain was done for the
weekend. great! i'll ride my shiney, clean harley that i
need for harleyfest to the emerald....mistake!! about
10:30 i see on a tv behind the bar a weather map and it
didn't look good. an old friend of mine who is an
anchorman once told me that the green on a weather map
doesn't mean grass. well all of the bottom half of
michigan was covered in "grass". so i rode 52 miles home
in the rain then had to get up early and wash the HD. i
can't possibly ride a crusty scooter on a nice summer
day now can i?
thankfully the ride was 100 percent better than my ride
home friday night. we did have a early scare though.
brain smolinski's chopper quit on him when he was riding
over to meet us for the ride. luckily the guys at
bishop's performance on grand river in redford were open
and found that his battery cable had popped off.
with that problem down, we headed for motor city harley
davidson. kenny olsen from kid rock's twisted brown
trucker band, a guy named tom who donated to charity to
ride up front with me and brian led about 1,500 bikers
into harleyfest and the party started.
this is by far one of my favorite events every year. i
love checking out the bands, babes, and beers...a good
party has the three B's and harleyfest has an abundance
of all three every time.
a guy named scott from waterford won the harley, the
ford truck, the cash and the trip to mardi gras. this
year they put me in charge of "turning" the key for the
contest winners. your always wondering in the back of
your mind if it's possible that some one had picked the
right key but you didn't turn it the right way or
something like that. thankfully that didn't happen and
#99 was the lucky one for scott. he was fired up to say
the least.
all in all harleyfest was awesome and thanks to everyone
who stopped out and helped raise tons of money for MDA.
the riff hockey team keeps rolling winning saturday
night in the "labatt's hockey tourney". now it's off to
the playoff's this weekend in rochester. we are 3-0 and
i hear rumblings that we might face a pretty solid team.
i'll keep you posted.
sunday got up early and headed out to MIS at the june
race the riff has a "viewing" trailer that sits inside
turn one at the end of pit road. awesome view, catered
and shaded. i got my media pass so when gordon's motor
craped out i went back to the garage to tell him how
he's screwing up my nascar fantasy team. needless to say
he was pissed and i couldn't get that close to him. some
girls ran over and tried to get him to sign their stuff.
he motioned to them to go where the fence was lower and
he signed their hats and picture's. all the drivers are
really fan friendly. it's very rare that a driver
doesn't sign things for the fans. in nascar the drivers
are not allowed to drive golf carts or scooter's like
IRL or cart. they have to walk everywhere they go. so
they end up writing their names for a lot of people and
they all do it. from Jr. to kasey kahne. after the
driver meeting is the best time to catch your favorite
driver. off course you have to figure a way to get in t!
he garage area first.
songs i'm digging now...
monster magnet - unbroken...awesome. good to see dave
back and rockin' the last album stiffed
saliva - survival of the sickest...josie got married and
put out a kick ass song.
that's all for now. thanks for reading.
i'm history like harleyfest 2004
Meltdown
6/16/04
wad up?!?!?!?
congrats to the pistons. 2004 world champs! anyone who
knows me knows i'm not a big hoops fan, but i can really
appreciate a team like the pistons. no matter what game
you play, you have to play like a TEAM and that's what
the pistons did. as coach brown calls it "playing the
right way." the lakers have some superstars, future hall
of famers and even some future jailbirds, but they play
selfishly and they got their asses handed to them. nice
job coaching jackson!!! have fun at the other court kobe!
i have to admit, i did enjoy the games. hell maybe i'll
become a fan after all. who knows, there might not even
be a hockey season next year. that would be a smart move
by the nhl. blame whoever you want, if they don't come
back in october, i for one will not be welcoming them
back with open arms when they do return. they will have
to kiss my ass to bring me back. they think their
ratings around the country suck now, wait until they
strike.
speaking of hockey, the wrif team is 2-0 with a 1-0 win
saturday night in the labatt's hockey tourney. one more
victory and we're in the playoff's. we play again this
saturday night at the suburban hockey arena. stop by and
show some support, or just get a good laugh. we play at
8:30pm.
HARLEYFEST!!!!this weekend....join us for the ride from
motor city harley davidson to freedom hill. motor city's
at grand river and drake in farmington hills. we leave
at 11am so get there early and line up. i'll be leading
the pack with brian smolinski from the ottawa senators.
he's a local boy and really fired up to be riding in his
first ever harleyfest ride. nhl alumnist darren banks is
also riding along with us. you never know who you might
saddle up next to. other harley dealers are gathering
and bring bunches of riders to join us for the police
escorted run. should be big....be there!!!!
keep it looked on the riff for an upcoming summer ride
with kid rock. that's all i can say now, but we did one
with him last year and it was great.
met jeff gordon last week at media day at M.I.S.. he was
pretty nice and got a huge kick out of my nickname "the
big unit". it's funny how people seem to hate the guy.
he never says anything bad about other drivers or anyone
else. i've seen him get mobbed by people and still
manage to sign autographs for everyone with out once
acting irritated or annoyed. i'd like to see how other
pro athletes would react to the crowd of people he
attracts. they would have their security move people out
of their way for sure. he's always a nice guy on the TV
talk shows and other programs he's on.
i guess he won too many races too soon when he broke
into the series. it's the same with any sport. people
hate the yankee's, lakers, hell they even hate our red
wings. why? because they win and everyone wants to see
the underdog win. they even booed the legendary dale
earnhardt because he hogged the spotlight with all his
victories. i suppose a few non-winning seasons and
gordon will be loved again. that's the way it goes in
sports. i'll tell you this though, if he doesn't start
to help my fantasy nascar team soon, i'll be booing him
too!!!!
i'm out like the lakers...later
Meltdown
6/9/04
what a weekend. thanks to everyone who came out
for the ride for a reason run from cabela's to motown
harley. GM matt millen from the lions was on hand along
with about 2,500 bikers from all over metro D!
the run was to benefit the penrickton school for blind
children. it was great to meet some of the staff as well
as madison who i'm pictured with
here.
what a ride and what an awesome program.
thanks to everyone who spent their sunday afternoon with
us for the ride for a reason.
played hockey saturday night for the wrif team. we won
6-3 in our first game in the labbatt tournament. i had
an assist and a wide open net which the goalie robbed me
on.
next time.
we play again this saturday night at suburban ice arena
at 8:30 then the party afterwards at poole's tavern in
northville.
speaking of hockey, congrats to the tampa bay lightning.
it didn't really matter to me who won the cup after the
wings got knocked out, but people would come up to me
and say they are pulling for calgary because they beat
us. that's like saying you hope your x-girlfriend
marries a millionare. i've always wanted to see the team
that took us out beaten. that's just me though.
how about those hockey cheerleaders in tampa and calgary???
what's up with that?? we need some of those on the ice
at the joe!! clearing ice with skin-tight outfits. goes
together like kid rock and empty's at a piston playoff
game!
i'am out...see you on the air
later
Meltdown
6/2/04
hey freaksssss...
first off, congrats to the pistons. i can respect a team
like theirs. hard working no superstar kind of team.
good luck to them. it will be tough against the lakers.
second. e-mail me to put your name on the guest list for
the emerald on friday night. it get you in free and
we'll pick a winner to have a party for you and 19 of
your bud's in the mile high suites. friday night's in
the clem at the emerald ballroom are wall to wall chicks
and you won't regret it. e-mail me now. meltdown@wrif.com
third. hope to see you at the ride for a reason this
coming sunday leaving cabela's in dundee to motown
harley in taylor. it's one of the biggest rides of the
year and it's for a great cause. the penrickton school
for the blind and handicap. i got an e-mail from one of
the nurses there a couple weeks ago and it should be
more than enough of a reason to get you on your bike
with us. here's a sample of what we are riding for this
weekend:
|
Dear Meltdown,
I want to first let you know that I am a
loyal WRIF listener. (I have listened for more years than I want to tell
you.) I want to thank you in advance for your participation in the 4th
annual Ride for a Reason that benefits Penrickton Center for Blind
Children. I have been a nurse at the center for the past ten years and truthfully
it is a very rewarding job. With all the bad news on the television you
don't often hear about a place like this. We work with children who are
legally blind and have one other handicap including cerebral palsy, autism,
seizure disorder, hearing and speech impairment and develpmental delay.
The childrens ages are 1-13 but developmentally they are below a 2 year
range. We have a day care program for children under six, a residential
program that the kids stay from Sunday night thru Friday and go home on the
weekends and holidays with their families and also a consulation program for
families who just needs some ideas to work on with their children. One of
the best things about Penrickton is that the families do not have
to pay anything for their child to be in our program. Penrickton solely runs
on donations. We do not recieve any state or federal money and do
not recieve any money from the childrens insurance. We get a third of our
money from donations from a mailing program, a third from service clubs
like Lions clubs and Kiawanis and a third from organizations including
H.O.G. chapters. Everything you see at Penrickton has been donated in some
shape or form. Now that is something you don't hear on the news.
When you think of a residential program for
children it sounds sad but this place is the brightest most cheerful place
you could imagine. All the bedrooms are brightly painted and the
brothers and sisters never want to leave because "this place is cool". When you
see the smile on a child that has worked hard to pick an object off a
velcro board or the squeal of happiness from a child after feeding himself
for the first time, it can really make your day. The tears of joy in a
parents eye that had been previously told their child wouldn't be able
to do anything and now see them scooping their own food and activating toys
on their own is priceless. If you have time check out our website to see
some of the happy faces, www.penrickton.com, and if you ever want a
tour don't hesitate to stop by.
Thank you again for your support of the ride
as well as the stations help.
We couldn't do it without great people like
you and the many H.O.G. chapters and people in community who support us.
Thank you also for the great music in the evening.
One of many loyal listeners,
Kim Stoltenberg, RN |
see you there..
later
Meltdown
5/25/04
hey freaksssss.....
i had a couple cds burning my cd player this weekend.
first i submerged my skull in the
brand new slipknot. it came out on tuesday. vol.3 (the
subliminal verses) is a quality cd. i was really looking
forward to it after hearing the first single "duality."
that track is one of the best on the cd.
the rest doesn't disappiont
either. believe or not, there are some pink floyd
sounding tunes -- mellow, melodically flowing almost
soft songs. there are also some nine inch nails type
tracks as well. "circle" is a drum drivin NIN reminsent
song for sure.
some of my faves are #10. a song
called "before i forget" which sounds like it was
recoreded live in concert. with a mammoth chorus and
killer hook.
the opening cut "prelude 3.0" is the perfect way to
start. a slow building track that has some very catchy
guitar riffs.
the second track is "the blister
exists" which i've heard a lot of the band members are
partial to. it's a rollercoaster ride of a song that is
heavy and i can see why they like it.
i've read in interviews with the
guys, and they think this cd is their "zeppelin 4" or
"abbey road." it's a good disc that will define slipknot
for years to come. i think that is the reason they made
those comments.
i like it and give it 8 stars out
of 10
i also checked out zakk wylde's new black label society
cd "hangover music." i really dig the new one we
are playing off of it. it's called "house of doom" and
it's the heaviest thing on the cd. i think zakk had a
hangover recording this because it's so damn mellow.
i do like the first cut called
"crazy or high" but after that i'm not "crazy" about
this album. he does a cover of "whiter shade of pale." i
didn't like the original and his version sounds like
some sort of gregg allman rip-off.
i like zakk a lot and have met him many times, but this
is not my favorite cd by the man. i heard a rumor that
this was his last cd on his contract with his current
record label and he just wanted to get it out of the
way. that could be true but it's just a rumor i heard
somewhere.
i give this one a very generous 5
out of 10
thanks for all your emails with questions for slash and
duff from velvet revolver. my interview never happened.
here's what went down:
when i found out i was going to
talk to the guys, i was stoked. i've had slash on the
show before, and he's really cool and talks about
whatever you want to. i interviewed duff about 10 years
ago when guns 'n' roses were out with metallica. that's
the only time i've met him. i also met his wife that
night. i guess she's not a big fan of bras, and it was
chilly out that night. no complaints here!
so i went to my boy vince at
guitar center in southfield. i like to collect stuff
from all my ventures in this crazy business that i'm
fortunate enough to be in. i have a lot of framed
pictures, autographed stuff from cds to photos to all
sorts of other things as well. so i thought: how cool
would an autographed slash ax hanging on the wall
be?!?!?
i knew that was the kiss of death.
i had that bad boy in my hands for a mere 5 hours when i
got the call that the interview had been pushed back
from 4pm to 6:30pm. i have to be on the air at 7pm and i
would never have made it back to the station even if the
interview took place on time, which i'm sure it
wouldn't. then i would have had to edit all of slash's
swear words which would have taken some time. i wouldn't
have got it on the air till midnight!
the reason for the change was some
sort of photo shoot for some mag called rolling stone or
something. they blew me off for that!! LOL OK maybe i
would have to.
schaffee
ended up doing the interview and i never got my guitar
signed. hopefully i can the next time they come through.
we'll see.
i gotta roll. keep the e-mails
coming and thanks for listening to the RIFF! i love this
pic on the right: the prison bakery.
i'm out
Meltdown
5/18/04
Hey guys:
Thanks to all who came out for the spring run from
Walk-About Cycle. Another huge turnout and a great time
at the Salt River Park at the end. My boy Jethro always
does an awesome job getting these rides underway, and
the police escort was flawless. The cops had us going
down 696 alone without a car in site.
I love the games that take place at the end. Lets just
put it this way: the winner of the wiener bite was worth
the price of admission!
The next big run is the one from Cabela's to Motown
Harley on June 6th. Registration is from 10am to
noon. The first 1,500 riders get a special ride pin.
You can pre-register through May 23rd at Motown. This
ride benefits the Penrickton Center for Blind Children.
Need I remind you -- HARLEYFEST JUNE 19th. Be
there. That run leaves Motor City Harley at 11am. That's
also a great police escorted ride.
Had a chance to interview Noodles from the offspring on
Friday. I've never talked to any of those guys and I
didn't know what to expect. He was really nice. I walked
up behind him and saw his
www.probush.com traitor
t-shirt. I know these guys aren't big fans of the prez,
so a probush website on him was somewhat strange. He
said if you go to the website there is a picture of him
on the "traitor" section. Sure enough, there he is with
the usual cast of lefties. Tim Robbins, Sean Penn (who I
love as an actor) Michael
Moore,
etc. He said they mailed him a shirt for putting his
picture up on the site. They are also on a CD called
"Rock Against Bush." They do a song called "Baghdad."
After the interview I asked him if I could get a quick
photo with him. He said "Sure, as long as you don't mind
being in a picture with a left wing Pinko!" with a good
laugh. You have to love Leftie with a good sense of
humor.
I had a chance to interview Audioslave during the summer
and Tim C. was not so cool. He took offense to just
about everything I said. On the other hand Tom Morello
was very open and accepting of another point of view.
That kind of surprised me considering all of the
anti-this and anti-that projects he's been involved
with. He even thanked me afterwards for a good talk. I
don't think I changed his mind on anything though! LOL
This week the interviews continue. I'll be talking with
Slash and Duff from Velvet Revolver. They'll be rocking
the State Theatre. If you have a question for these
guys,f eel free to fire an e-mail to me at
meltdown@wrif.com.
I've interviewed both of these guys before. I don't
think I've ever talked to Slash or heard him on the air
were the F-bomb hasn't flown a couple of times. Trust me
when I tell you, I'll be taping this one and editing it
back at the studio.
I've heard a lot of good things about this new project.
As a matter of fact, Noodles even commented on how he's
looking forward to hearing this disc.
I gotta fly (for a white guy) ...I know... lame!!
Later,
Meltdown
5/4/04
What can be said? The Wings' season is over and the
wings dropped the ball in the playoffs. They
got out-hustled and out-grinded to a team of nobodies. I
heard someone mention that this was a team built for the
regular season. That might very well be true. The
playoffs are a different animal and the Wings could not
hang with the Flames. Think about that!
The best team in the NHL could not
skate with a team that barely made it into the playoffs!
Use all the clichés you want, but in the end Calgary
wanted it more and they deserve it.
It will be very interesting to see
what happens in the off season, not only with the Wings,
but with the league in general. If hockey does not
return in a prompt fashion next year you can just about
kiss it goodbye in the national eye. The ratings for it
are already in the dumper across the country and calling
it the fourth sport is giving it too much credit.
I'm a HUGE hockey fan as some of
you guys may know. Hell, I've played since I was 8, but
the reality is: hockey is nowhere near as popular as
baseball, basketball, football, NASCAR. etc. We'll
see who returns to the Wings next year too. New
coach? Players??
We have been really spoiled the
last 10 or so years. When I go to other cities or watch
other
games on TV, it's truly amazing at how good we have it.
Try being a fan of the Hurricanes, Sabres, Rangers (what
a joke that is), or a dozen or so other teams around the
league.
I for one am proud to be a Wings
fan and feel privileged to have been able to watch such
a great product year in and year out. The playoffs have
hurt, and of course I'm pissed, but the fact remains
this is still Hockeytown USA!
I was sent this picture of Art in Maui. Rough life
eh?!?!? Thought I would open it up to some creative
captions. Email me at
meltdown@wrif.com
4/19/04
What up peeps!
A big salute to all our men and woman in uniform. What
can be said about Pat Tillman that hasn't already been
said? That guy was cut from a different cloth. I don't
know anyone who would give up a $60,000 a year job and
join the army, let alone a 3.7 million dollar one! This
guy has to be one of the biggest patriots I've ever
heard of. he is what makes this country so great. R.I.P
and know you have my respect!! hell, anyone who fights
for our freedom has my respect.
A big thank you to Judy and Kevin at Bumpers Bar and
Grill in Westland. I did a gig there Saturday night and
had a great time. Watching chicks play tug of war for
RIFF t-shirts is a blast. That's a great stop on the
Harley on a Sunday afternoon
to check out NASCAR too. Stop in and ask Kevin who owns
the belt in bubbleboy
hockey!!!!!! right here baby!!!
www.bumpersbarandgrill.com
Got the new bike ordered from Motor City Harley.
Sometime in June we'll be pounding
the pavement in a new softail. Lots of rides coming up
this summer too. Keep it on the RIFF for details on
where we'll be blocking traffic in a town near you soon.
Also check out the Labbatt hockey tournament page and
get your team hooked up. It
starts in June so get some players and take to the ice.
light the lamp!!
This is the Texas Tech swim team. I've disposed of a few
million swimmers my self just looking at it!
Go Wings!
I'm gone like Colorado's chances of making the third
round of the NHL playoff's meltdown
4/19/04
Wad up!!
Went out to Motor City Harley and took a new bike out
for a spin. Looking to get a new sled for the summer
rides. Already a lot of runs getting geared up.
*May 16th from Walkabout cycle in Warren.
*June 6th from Cabellas to Motown Harley
*June 19th from Motor City Harley to Harleyfest.
*Every Thursday at Augies in Madison Heights is bike
night with Great Lakes Choppers. (A plug for my boy
Dave)
That’s just for starters. There are a couple more that
aren’t confirmed yet. I look forward to going on the
Andy Ross run also.
*check out
www.slashonline.com for all your Velvet Revolver
info. Look for a may 20th date here.
Spent Saturday afternoon at the Hockeytown Café watching
the Wings dispose of the Predators. What an awesome
time. I thought we were going to watch the game in the
bar and suck beers and yell at the TVs. We actually went
into what was the old Second City Theater and saw the
game on the 2 big screens in the comfort of stadium
seating and great sound. That’s how hockey should be
seen.
Normally they have the JoeVision going, but there was
some figure skating thing clogging up the arena and it
was moved to Hockeytown. What a blast. Thanks to
everyone who came out and to Rob from the Wings for
hooking it up. Keep it on the RIFF for future stuff
there.
Speaking of the Wings, last time I wrote one of these I
dogged my boy Hatcher. He seemed to pick up his play and
it must have been contagious. Way to go boys. On to
round 2. I love this time of year. Hockey on TV every
day!! That’s life!
What’s up with this Mike Danton guy from the St. Louis
Blues??? Dude tries to allegedly have his gay lover
killed after he said he was going to “out” him. This
story is weird enough. First of all he officially
changed his last name. When he played for the Devils he
was Mike Jefferson. Apparently he wanted to separate
himself from his family. If you're going to change your
name, at least make it something cool like… I dunno ...
MELTDOWN! This is going to be a very interesting off
season for that dude. Hope he saved the puck from the
last goal he scored last week. That might be all for his
career.
This is from Denie. I think the Iraqi police force need
some of these.
Say a prayer for the soldiers..
I’ m gone like St. Louis Blues Mike "Murder-for Hire"
Denton's freedom!
4-12-04
Hey!
Thanks to everyone who came out to
Jamboozies this past Saturday. The place was packed
and everyone seemed to have a great time. Rose and the
entire staff are really cool and that place just has a
great vibe to it. Get out there some night and check it
out for yourself. 18 ½ and Van Dyke in Sterling Heights.
As I write this on Monday, I’d like to comment on the
play of Darrien Hatcher. I think and that he is still
suffering from his injury’s he sustained this season.
Over the weekend he was beat to the puck and in some
instances beat off... er … pushed off (that sounds
better) of the puck. Of course he coughed up the one
which found its way to the back of the net on Sunday. We
need a big presence like him back there to not only push
his weight around but threaten opponents and basically
intimidate guys. Come on big D. Snap out of it and put
your name on another cup!
I love this one sent to me. Two ass clowns!
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO WINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4-8-04
Hey cyber freaks!
Had a chance to go go-cart racing this past weekend with
the guys from the band Trapt. They played at Harpos
Saturday night and wanted something fun to do during the
afternoon. They got what they bargained for. The dude
running the go-carts turned them up for the guys and
they were flying!
We were at “Grand Prix America” in Westland. It’s an
indoor go-cart track with battery operated carts. The
cool things about those are that they can turn them up
to about 45-50 M.P.H. What a blast. Get there if you get
a chance.
Felt kind of shitty all weekend fighting off the bug
that’s going around. One thing I don’t suggest is to
rent the movie “Something’s Got to Give.” I take
that back, I did get a lot of rest during it! Even
though it’s got Jack Nicholson in it, it is still a
sappy love story. Boy was I suckered in on that one!
Heading into the 10 year anniversary of Kurt Cobain's
death. Some people feel said for him and call him a
genius. His music rewrote rock radio in the early 1990’s
and almost single handedly put a dagger in the heart of
hair bands. But I’ll never shed a single tear for a guy
who had it all and then decided to leave his child and
wife and take the selfish way out. Whether he had some
medical problem or couldn’t handle the fame or whatever.
My mother died 2 years before him at the age of 46 from
cancer. She fought until the end and would have giving
anything to live. Check out
www.thesmokinggun.com for a lot of the police
investigation on this case.
With the demise of Nirvana it makes you appreciate a guy
like Dave Grohl a little bit more. Here’s a guy who
played in one of the mose popular bands of the 90’s then
started all over with his new band The Foo Fighters. At
first he may have got a little preferential treatment
because he was in Nirvana, but over time he has come
into his own as a formidable lead singer. And he’s a
pretty nice guy too.
A bunch of you guys sent me this one of Dem.
Presidential hopeful John Kerry...
I’m gone like Kelly Osbourne’s sobriety
