The KLYT Years... Wheelin' and Dealin'
There she is... The Massive Mobile Mistake.  That rigg used to be called Swing Shift (I know, it's a gay name too, but it had roots...and a way better paint job, though outdated...).  The truck is actually a mobile stage.  See the diagram below...
See?  It's like a transformer.  The sides open up and the roof lifts.  It's pretty big, but not TOO big.  Too much for a small crowd is wack as i will probably cover later... Anyway.  KLYT is a local radio station and they own one of these trucks.  I volunteered on the truck stage crew from Sept. 1997 to June 1999, when i was then hired by the station.  We would drive around putting on concerts with bands and speakers.  We were blessed to work with bands like :Third Day, All Star United, Silage, Skillet, Switchfoot, Disciple, PEP SQUAD! (although i missed that particulat show... because I'm a whore...), ect.  It was awesome.  Hangout and go to concerts and get paid.  Cool right? 

So everything was cool until December 1999.  We had been without a real "station manager" for some time (the old one resigned for personal reasons... don't start rumors about why... it's not your business....) and it was time for the board of directors to meet and figure out what to do.  So, instead of listening to different options and then weighing the choices... they decided to give the station to a rich church that already has a radio station and that, by conisidence of course, 3 of the 4 board members attend.  Why they didn't go "Hey! There is only three of us! Why don't we find more people to fill out he board a little and help us make unbiased descisions." no one knows...  So, we were up poo creek with a piece of doo for a paddle...  So, the new owners (from here on known as the whores) said to us "Don't worry!  We will find new positions for each of you!  You will be fine!"  So, everyone was still worried, except me because I was naive.  They then forced all of us to quit or they dissolved our positions.  I was the second to go.  They said my job did not require a full time position.  They ditched me then hired four unexperienced people to do my one job.  Makes sense right?

Everyone I worked with was awesome.  Great men and women.  They taught and influenced my spiritual walk and taught me to be a responsible young man.  (Mad props to Carolyn, Yvonne, Gail, Nancy, Topher Chris, Debbie, Justin, Ben, Megan, Michael and the Swing Shift crew: gary, chris, shawn and aaron)

Well, it just so happens the day i was fired the Newsboys were in town.  So i was down at the show helping out and mentioned how i got raped by the whores.  So they said they might have a position for me.  Well, three weeks go by and nothing... i guess they lied.  Then they called and said i needed to be in Atlanta the next day... That brings me to the
Newsboys tour... which i have already written a little about.

I would like to say thanks to all the great KLYT volunteers.   Paul Coonrod... fight the power!  You never let down.  It's great to see an "outsider" take such a stand.   Lewis.. Now you are the man.  Tamera and Chicago... you guys are still runnin' mixes, and doing a better job then any of the replacments.  To the replacements.  I don't know you all that well, but you guys are alright.  It's not your fault you work for an mother of whore.  You guys caught hell from the KLYT fans for no reason.  To the KLYT fans, the replacments are just as pissed about the crappy supervision as everyone else is so respect them.  They are on our "side". 

We have to give this whole thing to God.  He's in control, even when we "know what's best".  We have to let this thing go and let mASSive do it's thing.  I don't really listen much because I can't stand what M88 means, but I have learned to keep my mouth shut, because I won't change anything.  There were alot of details left out of this.  So much pain went down and I don't want to rekindle it.  I struggle to stay quiet, and this little page on some punk kids website is the only vent i have aside from a snide remark here and there about how M88 certainly is mASSive...

Someday, it would be rad to have the whole thing resolved, but it's not going to happen.  Only juvenile jokes can ease the pain... *whimper*....*sob*...*sniff*....