Memories: This is a piece of personal history. It's a radio announcement card for KPIG FM, now I-94 FM.

I was flown into town to put this rock n' roll station on the air with a bunch of other east coast jocks in January 1979. I smelled paradise from the baggage claim at 11:16 p.m., Hawaii Standard Time, felt the balmy breezes and sighed the contented sigh of being home.

We ended up being forced into playing disco, some of which (don't tell anyone I wrote this) actually turned out to be ok.

People in the islands dug it and the club scene here was doin' it full bore. One of my all time favorite songs came out during that period: "Tahiti Tahiti" by a techno dance band called Voyage. We also played a lot of reggae extended plays like "Now That We've Found Love" by Third World. That one still knocks me out. During that stretch I also became a fan of Paulino DeCosta, an amazing percussionist from Brazil.

Among the clubs that have long sinced passed was the Marrakesh down in Waikiki....I'll never forget walking thru the front door only to see a woman swinging on a swing with ropes wrapped in vines, in the big middle room...

As I sighed in baggage claim, I knew I'd be here forever. Most everyone I came with fled within' the first six months. Some could not take the heat, some missed their mommies, others had allergies or major ambitions. Out of the original 7, only I remain. Austin Vali and his wife used to own KRTR FM Radio but they left a year or so ago too. Me, I'll never leave. I wouldn't know how foah act!