Cleveland

Cleveland's not too bad so far. There's still some good places in the area like The Galleria & Tower City Center. I liked Denver better, because it had better CD stores like Tower Records & Virgin Megastore, plus I got a favorite deli place called 16th Street Deli. Here, there's just 2 FYE's & a local rap record store called Downtown Records with brand new .50 LP's & $3 mix CD's, which I plan to get later. I'm gonna have a new library of music before I get back to Florida in December! And I'm just starting to add to my record collection so I'll have some music later when I get my turntables.

It smells like sewer water since I'm in downtown & near Lake Erie. Lots of homeless people asking for change. There's no corner I can pass without being asked for money! That's a shame, considering how strong this economy is and how I was lucky to snatch up this job at a circus.

There's a place called Tomaydo Tomahhdo that I randomly encountered trying to find breakfast in the downtown Cleveland area. You can build your own sandwiches. It's pretty delicious. I think I may have found that deli/sandwich place of choice here already. They even have a website. Check it out:

http://www.tomaydotomahhdo.com

I think I'll like Illinois, which I'll be in a week. I already picked up a nice radio station passing by there, which I will probably add to my list of favorites.

The picture below is downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Everything's there, except now it's usually all gray & cloudy, so it looks dark & gloomy. Otherwise, the place is what the picture is.

There's a couple excellent local radio stations here that I would like to mention. They are a "Variety" station, where they have different types of music from almost every genre known to man every few hours. The first one is 91.1fm WRUW, which has archived mp3's of their shows! So you can download some flava from Cleveland from anywhere on the planet! Check out their website and schedules at:

http://www.wruw.org/guide/

The 2nd one is another "Variety" station on 89.3fm. You can listen live at their website:

http://www.wcsb.org/listen.htm

Both radio stations contain EXPLICIT content like HBO! Don't sleep on this!

DJ Mo
Assistant Sound Technician
Feld Entertainment
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus
Blue Unit, 134th Edition

Denver (Part 2)

Still in Denver. Leaving this Monday to Cleveland, Ohio on Monday. The trip will take about 2 days, so I will get to see some cities on the way. I'll post some things about Cleveland I find interesting.

There's a CD store called Cheapo Discs, which is an independently owned store of mostly cheap used CD's. There's some really good selections that are hard-to-find in there. If you ever stop by Denver, Colorado, make sure to drop in and browse through their store. If you are an active CD shopper like I am, you are likely to find something!

Those that are in Florida gotta know that the "134th Edition", the tour that I'm on, will be coming to Orlando Fairgrounds in December & Miami in January! Check www.ringling.com for the Ringling Bros. circus schedule! (Note: Orlando isn't listed.)

See ya soon!

DJ Mo
Assistant Sound Technician
Feld Entertainment
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus
Blue Unit

Denver

Denver's pretty cool. It's almost like New York, except there's no subways & there's less people. Everything's a walk away. There's plenty of taxi's. Ringling Bros. Blue Unit is performing at 2 different arenas here at the Mile High. Notable places of interest would be Tower Records & Sam Goody at Cherry Creek Mall. Also, there's a Virgin Megastore & a D-E-L-licious "16th Street Deli" next to each other only a couple of blocks from my hotel. A free vacation and work package in one! What more could I ask for? I may even become a dedicated circus freak if I'm still enjoying the benefits I have now.

As far as music's concerned, KS 107.5 in Denver plays Old School Rap from 12pm -1pm every weekdays just like 105.5 The Beat Jamz in Ft. Myers do. There's no playlist, but if you are in the area, tune in for some great "Back In The Day" jamz! U 92.1 in Salt Lake City played a DJ mix of some cool midwest jams not heard at other radio stations for hours overnight. It's refreshing to hear something different on the radio these days.

DJ Mo
Assistant Sound Technician
Feld Entertainment
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus
Blue Unit

Salt Lake

So the past couple of days were very busy. A circus load of happenings and some other crazy things I've been privy to. I'm leaving to Denver, Colorado tomorrow morning, so I'm going to keep this short so I can get some sleep. We just did a load-out tonight and were there until about midnight. It was exhausting, but I'm making some money here. Plus, I get FREE lodging & travel. I also get at least 1 day off each week, which will just be "travel time", so I pretty much have no day off. But I'm still enjoying the show and learning a bunch of things I wasn't prepared for, but ready to execute. We'll be in Miami early January. Check out www.ringling.com for schedules. Most likely I will stay with them by then. We'll also be in Orlando in December. So a very exciting and interesting packed 2 days it has been. I feel like my life has accelerated 10 times faster than when I was back at home, and 4x faster than when I was at UF. So this "DJ Mo Daily" might get a little personal, but I'll still come with the flava when I have online access. Lord knows when I can update this page, but when I do, it'll be a quality update!

BTW, it DOES look like that in Salt Lake City, Utah! Except the mountains are brownish, because there's no snow here. NICE weather. High in mid 70's & low in mid 40's. Kind of like Florida's winter weather! Sweeeeet!

DJ Mo
(Assistant Sound Technician, Feld Entertainment, Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus)

Departure

This may be the last entry in a while as I am leaving tomorrow for Salt Lake City to join the Ringling Bros. Sure, it sounds funny, but it's a terrific career start, especially with a company of this magnitude. Thanks to those who have made the counter hit over 1700. I will attempt to keep this updated as I tour from city to city. Everything is up in the air until I get final word on my work schedule.

The reality begins.

Meanwhile, here are about 20 CD's I have packed with me. I will be touring for months, and this is my survival CD list. Post up on what CD's YOU would bring if you were gonna be on the road for months.

DJ Mo's Survival CD's

Mark Farina: Mushroom Jazz Volume 1
DJ X: Club Experience Volume 1
Chops: Virtuosity
Funk Flex: Mix Tape Volume 1
Gang Starr: Full Clip (CD1)
Bad Boy Joe: Best Of Freestyle Megamix Volume 2
Eminem: The Eminem Show
J-Lo: Reel Me (DVD)
Nightmares On Wax: DJ Kicks
DJ Smash: Phonography
2 Fast 2 Furious OST
Wyclef Jean: Carnival
Jurassic 5: Quality Control
X-Ecutioners: Built From Scratch
DJ Spinna: All Mixed Up (CD1)
J-Lo: On The 6
Mountain Brothers: Triple Crown

Peas out,

Joey

Assistant Sound Technician, Feld Entertainment

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Blue Unit

www.feldentertainment.com

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