I worked at WAAF twice. For those who don’t know, it is one of America’s first Rock stations, and was started by two guys who’d go on to bigger and better things. But, and nobody expected this, it is Boston’s longest-running Rock station now. I had a great time during my first tenure there.

This was the first time I was there 24 years ago. The demo that got me the job in Memphis.

24 Years Ago at WAAF

Another demo I was mailing out to try to find work. I was such a douche.

Attempted Production at ‘AAF

I was learning how to use a “new” computer program called Pro-Tools in 1995 or so. So, I did some stuff like you hear between songs.

“For Marilyn Manson Tickets Part ‘Duh’!” All you need to know; “Well, that’s cuz you can’t set anybody on fire, in the studio.” That’s right! We literally set a kid on fire. However, we did have limits. We wouldn’t allow him to carve Marilyn Manson’s name into his skull with a broken beer bottle. He was game. We decided…that was too far. Just the idea of this today, would get crushed by legal. We got away with almost immolating a listener. Think about that for a second. WTF?

Marilyn Manson had his 15 minutes. At one time, people really wanted to see him. Which begged the question; How badly? The idea of listeners, doing outrageous things for concert tickets, isn’t new. We used to be able to get them to do the *worst* things. All in the name of “the show.” And, they were more than willing to play along. These days, it’s a lot tougher to get people to humiliate themselves. Although, looking at reality TV, perhaps not. Again…this was ALL pre-Janet Jackson/9-11 and we got away with…well…Go ahead and listen.

You know anyone that talks to their dog and swears their dog understands them? What if their dog could talk back? Careful what you wish for. This piece was written and produced by my friend Chadd Pierce. I was mentoring him at the time, and this is what he comes up with….it’s on my first CD: “No Talent Ass Clown” I still use this bit as a holiday gift suggestion. It still makes me laugh.

Enjoy.

I applied to KDKB in Arizona, and this is what I received in response (click the letter for the bigger picture):

Pretty generic stuff, huh? I didn’t hear back from them.