SNAPSHOTS
Welcome to the Asshole Scrapbook! This is a little different from the stories you'll find in the book – a collection of snapshots from the many chapters of my life. Think of it as flipping through a personal photo album filled with random moments, faces of family, and scenes from my travels. It's a visual peek behind the narrative, offering a glimpse into the diverse experiences that make up my story.
Carole as a teenager, glam with monogram.
Carole, mom, glam.
Dad in WWII.
Carole dolled up as the Eiffel Tower for a benefit headdress ball. I think she won!
My mom, Carole, as Queen Esther as a child celebrating Jewish Purim.
Carole and Millard, mom and dad, circa early 60’s around the time I was hatched.
Dad with Uncle Harry promoting 7-Up.
Me with Dotsy.
Riding my fire engine red wagon as an innocent child.
Early days of Robbie. Christmas!
Snow shot with me and my mom in Lake Tahoe in the early 60s.
Same photo set of the cover of the book, just a standing pose before I chickened out of being the ring bearer at a wedding.
I’ve always liked animals and loved horseback riding.
Me as a kid. What a fit, with Dotsy.
In front of my childhood home with my best friend, Dotsy the Dalmatian.
We belonged to a racquet club that had a pool and I often went with my sisters. Sacramento gets hot in the summertime.
The annual Christmas Card in the 1960’s with my sister Anna, brother James and sister Susan, and Dotsy, our Dalmatian.
Mom in her fur coat, which made me cringe. She was picking me up and we’re pictured with The Christians in Reno, Beverly, me, mom, Gruff, and Maynard.
Pre-first grade school picture from the 1960s.
Dad and I and Santa on Christmas morning in the 60s. Check out the white rotary phone on the table under the painting.
Pool time in Sacramento on 4th of July one year.
Grandma Fanny and sister Susan.
At Skylake showing off in the horse ring, one of my favorite spots, where I earned the Wrangler award, recognized for my riding and horse knowledge.
My sister Susan, a counselor, and I, a camper, at Skylake Yosemite camp in the early 1970’s.
Dad and me at the Hoover Dam in 1972.
Washington, DC, in 1972 with Ann, Sue, Jim, Cousin Joanie, and me.
Niagara Falls in 1972 with Jim, Sue, Ann, and me.
Grand Canyon in 1972 with Ann, Sue, Jim, and me.
Virginia with Ann, Sue, Jim, and me (top) and dad, Jim, and me (bottom).
My Skylake Yosemite Camp, Camper of the Week award, one of the most coveted and revered memories from my childhood.
The vintage book I selected from Grandpa Joe’s bookshelf, even though I wanted the gold grand jury badge from his desk.
My beloved maroon Dodge van, the first vehicle that helped launch my mobile deejay business.
As a teenager, planting camellias in William Land Park as a KXOA radio event dedicated to the American hostages held in Iran at the time.
Rob, my step-dad.
Sacramento State University called me the Boy Wonder when they featured me in The Hornet newspaper as a teenaged radio deejay.
The Sacramento Bee also featured me in DIck Tracy’s radio column, as the New and Young D.J.
EMBARRASSING TELEVISION NEWS CLIPS
Television news clips of me circa late 1970s from Sacramento, CA.
Some other news and varied coverage starting with a cameo of me in a TV spot for 69 XTRA Gold radio.
Mobile deejay shot from 1980 with a poster of Debbie Harry haunting me in the background.
Gringa at the controls of The Mighty 690 radio station in Mexico, where I broadcasted to Southern California.
At the Mighty 690 50,000 watt transmitter in Mexico, outside of the control room, under the massive broadcast tower, where I worked as a radio deejay.
At The Mighty 690 being supported by the massive transmitter.
In wood paneled the studio at The Mighty 690 in Baja Malibu south of Tijuana, Mexico, on the air.
The family in my mullet days! Two sisters and brother.
A family shot around my mom, Carole. Anna, James, mom, me, Susan.
Mom and Uncle John.
Sexual predator Robert John, the Program Director and the one photo I got of Wolfman Jack doing the radio show live on KROI FM in the late 1970s.
My dad modeling his Party Sounds t-shirt, which was his holiday gift one year. There’s some irony in the photo.
At KROI/KROY for an in-person visit where I met and watched Wolfman Jack do a live radio shift. My pics didn’t turn out well.
In 1984, pictured with the entire band of Weird Al Yankovic, at El Coyote in LA, along with my girlfriend Debra Nicol. On the far right is John “Bermuda” Schwartz, who was his drummer and also facility manager at Westwood One where I later worked.
Me and Weird Al Yankovic yucking it up at El Coyote restaurant in LA where we “ate it” with radio contest winners.
Me with Martha Quinn, one of the original MTV veejays.
LA Times story about promotions directors at radio station that featured me.
Hall of Fame radio deejay and programming legend Scott Shannon and I on his last day on the air at Pirate Radio Los Angeles.
Backstage at the Forum in 1984 with deejay Rodney Bingenheimer and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran before their show where it was nearly impossible to hear the band over the screaming girls.
With INXS in Montreaux, Switzerland in 1986 with contest winners as their chaperone.
I organized a radio promotion with a grand prize trip to see Genesis in concert in Australia.
The Cult dropped by Pirate Radio and I got to say hello to Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy.
In 1987, I managed the tour sponsorship for Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and Swatch watch while working for MEGA living in NYC.
Ian Astbury, lead singer of The Cult with me in the mid-80’s at 91X.
SOME FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT I WAS AN ASSHOLE
With the one and only Hunter S. Thompson in San Diego, moments before his appearance on January 30, 1988 – Super Bowl XXII weekend. This speaking event was one of the highlights of my work with Bill Silva Presents.
Smoking something that was still illegal with Bret Michaels of Poison fame in the early 1990s.
My girlfriend Martita in the early 90s on the bow of her dad’s yacht. RIP.
Backstage in the early 1990s when Spinal Tap reunited and played a gig at the Hollywood Palladium with Joe Satriani!
With Samantha Fox at Iguanas in Tijuana, Mexico, where she performed in early 1989.
With my young nephew, Jess and niece Allison, in the early 90s.
With Eric Weiss on Norm Pattiz’s boat between Marina del Rey and Catalina Island in the mid 1990s.
Meeting Sir Paul McCartney in Charlotte, North Carolina, during the New World Tour in 1994.
Me, Norm Pattiz, Paul McGuiness, Thom Ferro, Sheila Roche backstage at the final concert in Dublin, Ireland of the U2 Zooropa World Tour in 1993.
MORE FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT I WAS AN ASSHOLE
John Diaz, Billy Idol, Tim Nye and myself at the launch party for PBS On Tour, a music concert TV series I co-produced in the mid-1990s.
In Colorado in 1996 during the filming of No Doubt, The Goo Goo Dolls and Bush at Red Rocks Amphitheater for the PBS TV show, On Tour, which I co-produced.
Beyonce and I before her Staples Center concert where my nephew Jess and I sat front row.
Cool 2006 memory with the Black Eyed Peas during the Fergie years. Their music and energy were infectious, and being a small part of their global takeover was amazing.
Suffering through a Thai massage while on an epic honeymoon style trip to Thailand.
In Thailand in 2008. I guess I was the devil.
With my young niece, Allison, now 40, enjoying some family time.
Milo as a small puppy in Venice, CA.
Me at work with my boss, Milo the mini-Aussie.
Me with Paramore who headlined the 2010 Honda Civic Tour with New Found Glory and Tegan and Sara.
With Tom Morello, my nephew Jess, and Jonathan McHugh.
Milo guarding the surfboards while Jay and I checked the waves.
Surfing in Venice beach.
Here I am with my niece and nephews at a family function. They mean the world to me.
Rock guitar legend Steve Miller and I before his show in Chicago for Honda dealers that I produced.
Framed up at the Austin City Limits Music Festival where I initiated and produced Honda’s participation for a decade.
Pictured at ACL with Jimmy Quill, a local fixture in both music and real estate scenes.
My buddy Jay and I with One Direction at one of their Honda Civic Tour shows.
With Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco and Heather Healy in my Marketing Factory days.
EVEN MORE FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT I WAS AN ASSHOLE
Kenny Loggins and I after an intimate concert I produced for Acura in Napa at a winery.
The initial photo shoot for the Honda Civic Tour with blink-182, their management and my Marketing Factory team.
Me with an early mentor, Russ Solomon, who founded and ran Tower Records for decades, pictured at the film premiere party for All Things Must Pass.
With singer songwriter Zac Brown and Shaelen Burroughs, producing a live concert with him in Atlanta.
Zella Day and I chatting as she signed autographs for Honda and Waterloo Records at Music Midtown festival in Atlanta.
Me with Fall Out Boy and my nephew Zach and his partner Lauren, plus my buddy Jay’s daughter Brooks and her friend.
Nick Jonas, me, Demi Lovato.
Milo, my best friend, the mini-Aussie as superdog in this shot.
Harry Styles of One Direction before one of their Honda Civic Tour concerts in 2015.
With James Comey, former FBI director, lawyer and deputy attorney general for the United States. Yes, he's that tall, or I'm that short...
Circa 2016 practicing yoga poolside in Topanga.
Riding a wave in Venice Beach.
With Dr. Drew Pinsky of Loveline fame.
With the talented Charlie Puth who was the final headliner of my years, 2018, helming The Honda Civic Tour.
With the infamous pornstar Ron Jeremy.
With singer and actor Hailee Steinfeld who supported Charlie Puth on the 2018 Honda Civic Tour.
With Lenny Kravitz producing a concert event for Hyundai in Las Vegas in 2018.
Tony Kanal, bassist for No Doubt.
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer fame with me, the last event for Honda in 2019.
I was fortunate to take a lap at the Long Beach Grand Prix in an Indy Car with Mario Andretti (on my right) at the wheel (185 mph!). Fast, scary and exhilarating.
With friend Ashley Turner and John Legend before his concert in Burbank.
With Rob3, my supportive step-brother.
Mount Shasta in the background as Ernie and I road tripped to a wedding in Portland from Los Angeles and back in 2024.