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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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/4cb80db9-39c4-4d8b-86a4-bc47ef3f7020/Rob+w+John+Diaz%2C+Tim+Nye+and+Billy+Idol.JPG Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/75fac1e3-ffe5-4c14-a3dc-5b2999f54edc/Rob+and+Kenny+Loggins.jpeg Snapshots Kenny Loggins and I after an intimate concert I produced for Acura in Napa at a winery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/c501e08a-485e-4fc0-bf4b-4bd9741f74bb/me+mobile+DJ+shot+w%3A+Debbie+Harry+poster+in+back_1.jpeg Snapshots Mobile deejay shot from 1980 with a poster of Debbie Harry haunting me in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/3cb8d827-b0bd-4d66-93a5-013bb800f917/Carole+glamour_1.jpeg Snapshots Carole, mom, glam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/598a32f0-edc1-4d6b-ba58-0d41cb66bcc4/Rob+Getting+HIgh+w%3A+Bret+Michaels.jpeg Snapshots Smoking something that was still illegal with Bret Michaels of Poison fame in the early 1990s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1744745474383-NG69X03K8V0G3CPJF0YX/Me%2Bcirca%2BOn%2BTour%2B1996.jpg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/33d731d2-2885-4406-9589-34aa23b4232e/Rob+w%3A+Blink+182+2001.JPG Snapshots The initial photo shoot for the Honda Civic Tour with blink-182, their management and my Marketing Factory team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1744745215896-4E0KNGROV37NBI08HQV0/Gringa%2Bthe%2Bdog%2Bat%2BMighty%2B690.jpg Snapshots Gringa at the controls of The Mighty 690 radio station in Mexico, where I broadcasted to Southern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1744745309066-AK0KRWV9B4FO32E27C8V/Martita%2B%252B%2BRob.jpg Snapshots My girlfriend Martita in the early 90s on the bow of her dad’s yacht. RIP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/0698d0be-722a-493b-8c26-a29652363af5/Rob+and+Beyonce.JPG Snapshots Beyonce and I before her Staples Center concert where my nephew Jess and I sat front row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/6b12b9d5-94f4-4327-971c-77256a5d470e/Rob+and+Russ+Soloman+at+premiere+party+of+Tower+Records+film.JPG Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1743979263128-8ERI236PJOOFXTZZ7ZYS/Me%2Bin%2BBaja%2BMalibu%2Bat%2BMighty%2B590%2Btransmitter_1.jpg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/50c9e2f7-7c98-40b3-9d34-938eb1610608/Dad+Army+2.jpeg Snapshots Dad in WWII. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1743978710899-QBWA6YQ63ICZGP45OHDL/Carole%2BEiffel%2BTower%2B-%2Bfancy%2Bheadress%2Bball_1.jpg Snapshots Carole dolled up as the Eiffel Tower for a benefit headdress ball. I think she won! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/e326becc-ec0d-445f-a40a-61e43af6fad9/Rob+w_+Spinal+Tap+%2B+Joe+Satriani.png Snapshots Backstage in the early 1990s when Spinal Tap reunited and played a gig at the Hollywood Palladium with Joe Satriani! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/3877fd16-82ee-4e0f-9cc6-4b0a9b132340/Rob+w%3A+Shaelen+Burroughs+and+Zach+Brown.JPG Snapshots With singer songwriter Zac Brown and Shaelen Burroughs, producing a live concert with him in Atlanta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/d9cee977-1f0a-4b00-868c-df24ef6ef312/Rob+at+The+Mighty+690+Transmitter.JPG Snapshots At The Mighty 690 being supported by the massive transmitter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/4a758bfe-4d3a-42f3-85c8-aa533c4a1dc7/BEP.jpg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/495be981-eb12-4f85-af19-98e3cc79afdb/Carole+%40+Purim+as+Queen+Esther_1.jpeg Snapshots My mom, Carole, as Queen Esther as a child celebrating Jewish Purim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/3127ede8-894d-4dcf-9e34-802ea44519d7/Samantha+Fox+w%3A+Rob.jpeg Snapshots With Samantha Fox at Iguanas in Tijuana, Mexico, where she performed in early 1989. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/508edc4f-ffa4-4f66-9581-69eecfb8b599/Rob+getting+a+massage+in+Thailand_1.jpeg Snapshots Suffering through a Thai massage while on an epic honeymoon style trip to Thailand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1e3cb19b-10dc-497a-a829-ae7c64db53ec/Rob+and+Zella+Day_1.JPG Snapshots Zella Day and I chatting as she signed autographs for Honda and Waterloo Records at Music Midtown festival in Atlanta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/f02c5f3a-b2b1-49f2-9eab-831dcfbde34b/Rob+at+Mighty+690.jpeg Snapshots In wood paneled the studio at The Mighty 690 in Baja Malibu south of Tijuana, Mexico, on the air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/307a52a7-5195-46df-9464-ddb24f49b2ae/Carole+and+Millard_1.jpeg Snapshots Carole and Millard, mom and dad, circa early 60’s around the time I was hatched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/99afb2f0-a191-4dbe-ba0a-fe994de823e5/Rob+w%3A+nephew+Jess+and+neice+Alli.JPG Snapshots With my young nephew, Jess and niece Allison, in the early 90s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745202621294-7N0RPYGS677R8VM2N2Z9/Devil%252BRob%252Bin%252BThailand%252Bw%25253A%252BLiora_1.jpg Snapshots In Thailand in 2008. I guess I was the devil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/d04a97f5-b514-4a68-9c64-464b7673011e/Rob+and+Fall+Out+Boy+w%3A+nephew+and+Jay%27s+daughter.jpg Snapshots Me with Fall Out Boy and my nephew Zach and his partner Lauren, plus my buddy Jay’s daughter Brooks and her friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1744034428727-X73L86GM8B8PS3AJCSSR/me.ann.sue.jim%2Bfamily%2Bpic_1.jpg Snapshots The family in my mullet days! Two sisters and brother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/ba762ad3-d0b4-4b22-8cb1-35468d6188a6/Rob+w%3A+Eric+Weiss.jpeg Snapshots With Eric Weiss on Norm Pattiz’s boat between Marina del Rey and Catalina Island in the mid 1990s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/47938d42-b484-4bdb-a01e-d157a200cd2b/Rob+w%3A+neice+Alli.JPG Snapshots With my young niece, Allison, now 40, enjoying some family time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/3ab2b896-c17b-4c73-ae6e-df3a2075b576/Rob+w%3A+Nick+Jonas+and+Demi+Lovato.JPG Snapshots Nick Jonas, me, Demi Lovato. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1743978574030-9XGESMNI8TJ346DM39G6/Ann.Jim.Carole.Rob.Sue%2B-%2BFamily_1.jpg Snapshots A family shot around my mom, Carole. Anna, James, mom, me, Susan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745204075183-EROMNQLO6NMAWVOEAC3W/Dad%2Bw%2BUncle%2BHarry%2Bpromoting%2B7-Up.jpg Snapshots Dad with Uncle Harry promoting 7-Up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/174df663-9f4d-4cc3-a5f5-3a0b367ecc6e/Rob+and+Dotsy_1.jpeg Snapshots Me with Dotsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/937bf907-5e77-4d31-a1c5-a663d0ec5e6f/edit_Paul+McCartney+and+Rob+High+Resolution_1.jpg Snapshots Meeting Sir Paul McCartney in Charlotte, North Carolina, during the New World Tour in 1994. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/d105250a-4923-45e4-8562-5abd8fd15023/Rob+w%3A+baby+Milo.jpg Snapshots Milo as a small puppy in Venice, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/d8cf5224-1ebb-4224-8080-50e01314e83c/Milo+Super+Dog.jpg.jpeg Snapshots Milo, my best friend, the mini-Aussie as superdog in this shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/ef8c55e7-2d47-4007-a1e2-f279bdf31a55/Mom+and+Uncle+John.jpeg Snapshots Mom and Uncle John. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/f8bf84f2-aa39-4cda-bb5d-d66dc149e3e4/Rob+childhood+on+red+engine_1.jpeg Snapshots Riding my fire engine red wagon as an innocent child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/3e9b12a8-ef56-447c-bc11-49905bad742f/Rob+w%3A+Norm+and+Paul+McGuiness%2C+Sheila+Roche+and+Thom+Ferro+in+Ireland.JPG Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/001c817b-be5a-4a36-909a-c12ee8b5eb05/Rob+and+Milo+at+the+Ooffice_1.jpeg Snapshots Me at work with my boss, Milo the mini-Aussie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/2a5150fd-d8ba-44f6-8610-1b5044a42796/Rob+and+Harry+Styles.JPG Snapshots Harry Styles of One Direction before one of their Honda Civic Tour concerts in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/8b399104-dde4-43fe-ae45-33af67089517/Robert+John+w%3A+Wolfman+Jack.jpeg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1744744711429-OHMBSSA0OLLF8WTN0BFU/Childhood%2BChristmas%2Bcard.jpg Snapshots Early days of Robbie. Christmas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/00aa8355-3e79-494d-8b14-38f45fc1de1a/Rob+and+Paramore_1.jpg Snapshots Me with Paramore who headlined the 2010 Honda Civic Tour with New Found Glory and Tegan and Sara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/4be7a568-08ca-41a6-abe6-b8585ae7d799/Rob+w%3A+James+Comey.jpeg Snapshots 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... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/165bbf4f-c043-4f47-9cd5-5aa8c28e6dee/Millard+modeling+Party+Sounds+T-shirt+in+Santa+Hat+at+Holiday+gathering_1.jpeg Snapshots My dad modeling his Party Sounds t-shirt, which was his holiday gift one year. There’s some irony in the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/ba7caac9-dd95-4b15-987a-c707e378a9e1/Rob+and+mom+Lake+Tahoe_1.jpeg Snapshots Snow shot with me and my mom in Lake Tahoe in the early 60s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/a96545b0-6b0c-4121-aef7-e418d46e5134/Rob+doing+yoga+at+home.JPG Snapshots Circa 2016 practicing yoga poolside in Topanga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/b2bd0c92-b473-4f21-903c-885d7b02a0f6/Me+w%3A+camera+when+Wolfman+Jack+came+to+station_1.jpeg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/c3f15190-4c31-4198-b576-22892832436e/Rob+w%3A+Tom+Morello%2C+Nephew+Jess+and+Jonathan+McHugh.JPG Snapshots With Tom Morello, my nephew Jess, and Jonathan McHugh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/07d9c2ca-6eca-446b-bca1-4ae6c68ec036/Milo+and+Surfboard.jpg Snapshots Milo guarding the surfboards while Jay and I checked the waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/355d79d5-33fd-4d37-8af7-6db09c67493b/El+Coyote+w%3A+Weird+Al+%2B+Debra+%2B+John+far+right+who+escorted+me+out+of+WW1_1.jpeg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1b73200b-0c09-4a45-961d-1206e3a8806b/Riding+a+wave+in+Venice+beach.jpeg Snapshots Riding a wave in Venice Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/4e187c35-a059-454e-9bbb-60c7e9da1e52/Rob+Cover+Tux+Shot_1.jpeg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/02de22ae-2ea3-44ff-8d58-969bc1bb1fc6/Rob+surfing+Venice.JPG Snapshots Surfing in Venice beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/2d96bf82-1b6b-4114-b8fe-6a81cbca1d9b/Rob+with+Dr.+Drew+Pinsky.jpg Snapshots With Dr. Drew Pinsky of Loveline fame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/c3887f3b-6653-4e89-8782-893ff67d1b3f/Rob+and+Weird+Al.JPG Snapshots Me and Weird Al Yankovic yucking it up at El Coyote restaurant in LA where we “ate it” with radio contest winners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/6d88d9b8-a498-4b11-8d11-8a69e12b98bb/Childhood+Rob+on+horse.jpeg Snapshots I’ve always liked animals and loved horseback riding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/a26c4022-3792-46e0-9c23-c192c9f423e1/Alli.Rob.Zach.Jess+%28neice%3Anephews%29.jpeg Snapshots Here I am with my niece and nephews at a family function. They mean the world to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745202841423-ZRA12M62A4Z44KW98ZDH/Rob%2Bw%253A%2BCharlie%2BPuth%2Band%2BKeela.jpg Snapshots With the talented Charlie Puth who was the final headliner of my years, 2018, helming The Honda Civic Tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/7be4e71c-2f97-4c57-9645-845318846fa5/Rob+and+Martha+Quinn+MTV+VJ.jpeg Snapshots Me with Martha Quinn, one of the original MTV veejays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/2710d27c-8caa-4209-a8d9-29d34051a7e1/Rob+and+Dotsy+1_1.jpeg Snapshots Me as a kid. What a fit, with Dotsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/fd734069-1c08-48c9-89e3-50176dcc2770/Rob+and+Steve+Miller_1.JPG Snapshots Rock guitar legend Steve Miller and I before his show in Chicago for Honda dealers that I produced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/36eeb136-8a27-442c-8862-e8d1246592b1/Rob+with+Ron+Jeremy.JPG Snapshots With the infamous pornstar Ron Jeremy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/aff1ed32-3c85-4e21-b0e8-66e27698d257/Promo+Directors+press+part+1_1.jpeg Snapshots LA Times story about promotions directors at radio station that featured me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1744744971747-Z2N46BUVYVGH61730NZF/Dotsy%2Band%2BRob%2Bon%2Blawn%2Bof%2Bchildhood%2Bhome.jpg Snapshots In front of my childhood home with my best friend, Dotsy the Dalmatian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/fd69c760-fe42-4001-8056-cf9fe64ed9a6/Rob+at+ACL+Music+Festival_1.JPG Snapshots Framed up at the Austin City Limits Music Festival where I initiated and produced Honda’s participation for a decade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745202780343-2MPDGH2X59R5O1RM8V3N/Rob%2Bw%253A%2BHailee%2BSteinfeld%2Band%2BKeela.jpg Snapshots With singer and actor Hailee Steinfeld who supported Charlie Puth on the 2018 Honda Civic Tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/e57eaf75-a223-4750-95da-1cb9614b737b/Rob+and+Scott+Shannon+on+his+last+day.JPG Snapshots Hall of Fame radio deejay and programming legend Scott Shannon and I on his last day on the air at Pirate Radio Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1744744850760-ADVNNJDWMOV2AYII0VVT/Childhood%2BRob.jpg Snapshots We belonged to a racquet club that had a pool and I often went with my sisters. Sacramento gets hot in the summertime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/749bb01c-68b8-49c4-af49-2763afe20d76/Rob+at+ACL+with+Jimmy+Quill_1.JPG Snapshots Pictured at ACL with Jimmy Quill, a local fixture in both music and real estate scenes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/f18b2df9-322b-4c06-8088-717d49bd5a91/Rob+with+Lenny+Kravitz.JPG Snapshots With Lenny Kravitz producing a concert event for Hyundai in Las Vegas in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/b0d04d04-96dd-4b53-92b4-db04c5afe467/Rob+and+Rodney+Bingenheimer+and+Nick+Rhodes.JPG Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/6fa3b22c-12dd-447f-ba35-9b468c3fab34/Ann.Dotsy.Jim.Sue.Rob.jpeg Snapshots The annual Christmas Card in the 1960’s with my sister Anna, brother James and sister Susan, and Dotsy, our Dalmatian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/d24b5e99-d1bb-4484-97cc-a64baa798e88/Rob+and+Jay+w%3A+One+Direction.jpeg Snapshots My buddy Jay and I with One Direction at one of their Honda Civic Tour shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/a566b4f9-cc01-483b-9485-3ca63657c0fe/Rob+with+Tony+Kanal+of+No+Doubt+.jpg Snapshots Tony Kanal, bassist for No Doubt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/c8f12493-eb96-4a1e-9c0f-06e363c5752a/Rob+w%3A+INXS+in+Switzerland.jpeg Snapshots With INXS in Montreaux, Switzerland in 1986 with contest winners as their chaperone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/9fdae00b-84c7-44c9-8bc2-6c4b9a0f861e/Christian%27s_w__Carole_and_dog_1.jpg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/83c1da3a-c99d-4930-9fe0-dfa9645bed1c/Rob+w+Brendan+Urie+of+Panic+at+the+Disco+and+Heather+from+Marketing+Factory.jpg Snapshots With Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco and Heather Healy in my Marketing Factory days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/b7d61774-287e-4840-858b-560a34e03321/Rob+and+Rivers+from+Weezer.JPG Snapshots Rivers Cuomo of Weezer fame with me, the last event for Honda in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745202983168-OB81TTJ02RPM1OUI6FPM/Genesis%2Bin%2BAustralia%2Bw%2BContest%2BWinners%2Band%2BMurray%2BSchwartz.jpg Snapshots I organized a radio promotion with a grand prize trip to see Genesis in concert in Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/6a6331cf-da81-46e9-9c64-c49f5cd6cb14/Rob+7+yrs+old.jpeg Snapshots Pre-first grade school picture from the 1960s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745600784222-CRK9R0031MWIYC3MMYU4/Rob%2Bw%253A%2BMario%2BAndretti%2Band%2B%253F%2Bdriver%2Bbefore%2BMario%2Btook%2Bme%2Baround%2Bthe%2BLong%2BBeach%2BGrand%2BPrix%2Btrack%2Bin%2Bhis%2Bcar.jpg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/c1b180d6-bb3b-437c-bc1b-a3e60a432010/Rob+with+DJ+Jeff+and+The+Cult.JPG Snapshots The Cult dropped by Pirate Radio and I got to say hello to Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1744034585045-49HZ6589NMVJESTU9M2L/Millard%2BSanta%2Band%2BRob%2BChristmas_1.jpg Snapshots Dad and I and Santa on Christmas morning in the 60s. Check out the white rotary phone on the table under the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745600836049-4RFZT2R3F2VMYD7MCWXR/Rob%2Bwith%2BJohn%2BLegend%2Band%2BAshley%2BTurner.jpg Snapshots With friend Ashley Turner and John Legend before his concert in Burbank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/e6479ae6-1ee6-41d1-90ff-44f7cc184f23/Marketing+Thru+Music+LIsa+Lisa+Swatch_1.jpeg Snapshots In 1987, I managed the tour sponsorship for Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and Swatch watch while working for MEGA living in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1744038279924-TTRV4CLUQQAT7J1V46WD/Rob%2Bpool%2Bchildhood.jpg Snapshots Pool time in Sacramento on 4th of July one year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/2cdc7458-86ad-495e-8236-9b9114f5537b/Rob+w%3A+Rob3+%28step+bro%29.jpeg Snapshots With Rob3, my supportive step-brother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/8a56f815-b784-4ab2-a9c1-b1320da9b462/Rob+and+Ian+Astbury+of+The+Cult.JPG Snapshots Ian Astbury, lead singer of The Cult with me in the mid-80’s at 91X. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/6e87c8ca-8ddf-4102-be34-730b544c5a9f/Rob+camping+with+Ernie+-+Mt+Shasta_1.jpeg Snapshots Mount Shasta in the background as Ernie and I road tripped to a wedding in Portland from Los Angeles and back in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745204056060-GG7C8CZ7OUT7D961YBX7/Grandma%2BFanny.jpg Snapshots Grandma Fanny and sister Susan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/fd787f1e-e72c-4033-8db9-fc157d4090ef/Riding+ring+at+camp_1.jpeg Snapshots 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/5caefc33-6a4d-4cb2-9426-452fd8552db4/Rob+and+sister+Sue+at+camp+Handicrafts+shop_1.jpeg Snapshots My sister Susan, a counselor, and I, a camper, at Skylake Yosemite camp in the early 1970’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1deef507-2644-4d87-8183-78e6d2b6a6ed/Hoover+Dam+Dad+and+Me+1972.jpg Snapshots Dad and me at the Hoover Dam in 1972. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/413a71a7-5121-4d2a-8b38-1b4220c8e112/Washington+DC+1972+Ann+me+Jim+Sue+Cousin+Joanie.jpg Snapshots Washington, DC, in 1972 with Ann, Sue, Jim, Cousin Joanie, and me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745441674775-XYTUAZETHPTTDXTMW5Y6/Niagra%2BFalls%2Bwith%2BJim%2BSue%2BAnn%2Band%2Bme%2B1972.jpg Snapshots Niagara Falls in 1972 with Jim, Sue, Ann, and me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/318599c7-89a2-4c06-919b-999fc069c218/Grand+Canyon+1972+Ann+Sue+me+Jim.jpg Snapshots Grand Canyon in 1972 with Ann, Sue, Jim, and me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/1745441598453-BKARPXY5B37A1O8M4KU4/Virginia%2BAnn%2Bme%2BJim%2Band%2BSue%2B%2528top%2529%2BDad%2Bme%2BJim%2B%2528under%2529.jpg Snapshots Virginia with Ann, Sue, Jim, and me (top) and dad, Jim, and me (bottom). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/48d57c70-42fd-42f2-9dad-0b451ff6b393/Camper+of+the+Week+Cert_1.jpeg Snapshots My Skylake Yosemite Camp, Camper of the Week award, one of the most coveted and revered memories from my childhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67e1e90ca763631aad7af251/bddc7364-876a-4d70-b1ac-3de92c1a8fe9/Book+from+Grandpa_1.jpeg Snapshots The vintage book I selected from Grandpa Joe’s bookshelf, even though I wanted the gold grand jury badge 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