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About the ES: Bio & B.S. The Enlightened
Spartan is an 1. frustration
over years of MSU football mediocrity; ES tag lines: "If the Spartans win, we'll praise 'em... if they lose, we'll haze 'em." "Not from the sidelines, nor the press box, but from the upper deck." ES cultural influences: The ES has been culturally influenced most significantly: 1) by the film Bar Fly ("Don't eat that corn, its GREEN"); 2) Tom Waits ("I've got a bad liver and a broken heart" or "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"); and, (3) from his 1991 cross country road trip with fraternity bro Rufus to the Grateful Dead show making it in under 42 hours -- including a 6-hour nail in the foot injury stop in Salt Lake City -- from Lansing to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Redwood City, CA.
Bio: The Enlightened Spartan was created in 2001. The ES has a Master of Sport Administration from CMU in 1999 (thesis: The Perceptions of NCAA D-1A Athletic Directors of Right To Work Legislation. pdf) and a pair of Bachelor of Science degrees from MSU in Social Science and Political Science, graduating in 1990. The ES worked in intercollegiate athletics and served as Assistant AD/SID for Olivet College (2000-01, including SID for 2000 NCAA Golf Championships), Assistant SID for Michigan Tech (1999-2000), Public Relations Asst for the West Coast Conference (1998-99), and grad assistant to Central Michigan including director of MAC Wrestling Championships (1996) and baseball public address announcer (1996-98). The ES is an Air Force brat, so he's been around the world and seen lots of stuff. He was an All-Conference football player in high school at AFCENT (Allied Forces Central Europe) as a wide receiver/punter/cornerback from 1985-86... he still remembers when coach told him to get his ass onto the field in a 1985 game vs ISB (Int'l School of Brussels) because he was the only guy on the team without mud on his pants... he was flattened by an opposing LB on a cross-block the next play. He also took sixth place in the pole vault for AFCENT track in the 1986 European Track Championships. Jesus, it seems like eons ago. But, most importantly, was the ES's first indoctrination to college football. He attended his first college football game in 1975 at the age of seven, a 28-0 MSU Spartan loss to Ohio State in East Lansing. Things have never been the same since... Interestingly enough, from 1977-1984, he attended every home football game for the California Golden Bears -- trust me Spartan fans, it was worse in Berkeley! ES as recording star The ES also has been recorded on a pair of internationally released CDs, on the exclusive soundtracks with the tunefilter label. Check out Zoom or Big R House for the lead vocals. Link here or for song history, link here (more interesting, makes you want to BUY BUY BUY). ES thanks Chock in California for the opportunity to be a major recording artist... thanks, bud! |
"A House Divided." Lansing Noise. (9/28/05) "Sesquicentennial: Looking To The Future", Media Supplement, Lansing State Journal. (9/17/05) "Attention, Podcast Fans!" Entrepreneur Magazine, p.14. (October 2005) "Season may be struggle for Spartans," Lansing NOISE (8/31/05) "Penn State Football Podcast Episode 6," interview by Tony Pittman and Phil Collins (8/03/05) MSU Museum's MSU150 Exhibit Featured on Spartan Podcast (MSU Museum Notes, 6/29/05) ES interviewed on "Exposure," weekly radio magazine on Impact 89FM Radio (5/25/05) Local podcasters offer an alternative to radio censorship (Lansing City Pulse, 5/25/05) Podcasting: Broadcast Your Own 'Net Radio Show (NOISE, Lansing State Journal, 5/11/2005) mp3s and Podcasting (Focal Point, Comcast Ch 29, MSU Communications, TBA) ES PodCast Seeks Indie Submissions (MichiganBands.com, 3/20/2005) Podcast Alley: Featured Podcast (3/2005) Best and Worst Podcast (WKRK Radio, GreggHenson.com, 2/20/2005) iPod Offers Radio With No Rules (Detroit News, 2/20/2005) Feature: Podcasting in Michigan (Fox TV 17 News, Grand Rapids, 2/15/2005) Ferguson Gets Fans Attention (Detroit News, 11/13/2002) Web Feeds Smoker Rumors (Detroit News, 10/31/2002)
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