The DJ Rollie D Story

We're just now finally kinda sorta getting around to Spring here in the Western Minnesota/Eastern North Dakota Area, after several late-season snow storms and temperatures remaining below average for quite a while.  There was also the flood in the Red River Valley, and the after effects that the flood brings each and every year.  However, this was the first major flood that I experienced in Fargo-Moorhead since I moved here in 2016.  I remember seeing the first news reports and then the State of Emergency and wondering what really laid ahead and how bad the flooding would get.  The answer to that is that it never got too bad in the communities of Fargo and Moorhead, but upon leaving the Metro, you really started to see the affects, with small Northern Minnesota towns such as Oslo blocked off and marooned for weeks on end with no way out, and I have to say that the residents of towns closed off by flooding are amazing people for dealing remarkably well with the weat...

It's getting close to Prom season here in the Midwest, and soon guys and gals will be getting glammed up to go out to some restaurant or ski chalet.  Hearts will be broken, the punch may or may not be spiked, and the decorations will look amazing. For me, I've personally DJed more proms than I have attended.  Being front and center for multiple dances like that gives you an opportunity to see what works and what doesn't when it comes to music.  Back when I was still DJing proms, the crowd hits seemed to be anything from the newest rappers to the Top 40 hits of the time, which came from artists like Taylor Swift (Shake It Off), Mike Posner (I Took A Pill In Ibiza), DJ Coolsnake and Lil Jon (Turn Down For What), and even Maroon 5 (Animals or Sugar).  Listing off all these songs that were hot three to four years ago makes me feel old in comparison to my actual age.  The attendees would always run to the dance floor when any of these songs were played. ...

Ah... Spring!  Or wait, perhaps it's still Winter?  Weren't we supposed to get a major blizzard this week?  I'm so lost and have no idea what our weather systems are doing anymore.  Anyways, we all know what Spring means.  People will soon be boxing up stuff that they no longer feel they need and  removing old furniture from their homes, either to take it off to the dump or send it out onto the sidewalks for their city's annual Cleanup Week, which can be a really good way to find things you need in your home free of charge, assuming you might be willing to do a little bit of fix-it work. Personally, I've never been one to Spring Clean.  I will make sure my spaces get cleaned when they need to, but I find that things such as window washing, floor scrubbing, carpet shampooing, and so on can be done at any time of the year, not just the first few weeks of the season when we want everything clean all of a sudden for seemingly no reason.  Basical...