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Who is Alex?
Jul 16th
I would say that 99.9% of the people who come to TheAlexShow.com or reading “The Beat It” blog have NO idea who I am…so let me tell you.
I was born Alexander Stanley Balcerski Jr, shortly after midnight on August 19th, 1981. I was born four weeks pre-mature because, as my mother put it, “that Phil Rizzuto was so annoying (who was announcing a Yankees baseball game) he sent me into labor.”
I grew up in the same house my entire life in Linwood, a small shore town in Southern New Jersey. Most of my childhood I spent playing baseball, basketball, and soccer during the school year and working construction with my father in the summer. When I was five I got a really rare disease called Guillain-Barre, I survived.
I attended college at the University of Richmond (in Virginia), which is where I started my broadcasting career.
What started out as a professional wrestling radio show, “The Big Show” turned into one of the most listened to shows on WDCE. Which isn’t all that impressive since most people at the school had no idea that there was even a radio station.
After graduation, I landed my first job at modern rock station WJSE-FM in Atlantic City. I started out as the board operator for The Howard Stern Show, basically pushing buttons and occasionally squeaking out the weather and sports. It was there that I met the afternoon DJ, Scott Reilly, who originally turned me down for my job. After becoming friends and putting together some comedy bits, I joined Scotty as the co-host of what eventually became know as The Scotty and Alex Show (www.scottyandalex.com).
Within a year, we became the number one afternoon show in Atlantic City. The success helped us be named the successor to Howard Stern on WJSE in January 2006. Our run in mornings only lasted ten months as we were picked up by the legendary WYSP in Philadelphia to host nights on the newly deemed, FREE FM.
The show enjoyed success in Philadelphia, even releasing a compilation CD of parody songs and bits titled “Suck My Bit.” However in September of 2007 WYSP changed formats, and The Scotty and Alex Show was let go.
As the radio industry has changed so have I! This is why I developed TheAlexShow.com with a live weekly internet show on Friday nights, The Beat It Blog, the video series “It Could Be Worse…”, forums, and much more!
Take some time to check out the podcasts, watch some videos, read some blogs, and hanging out in the forums with other fans of TheAlexShow.com.
Beat it…Sloppy Baby Kisses!
Mar 11th
I rarely find myself feeling uncomfortable.
I’m not talking about the feeling you get when you’re in a room with a bunch of people that you don’t know. I’m not talking about trying to find something to do with your hands, when you are in a situation that is unfamiliar to you. My uncomfortable level is a mix of nausea and shock, disgust and contempt, confusion and anger all rolled into one.
It started with a simple conversation with a parent who was holding his child. The kid was adorable. He was somewhere in the 2-4 age bracket and had dull red hair. The father seemed normal enough and gave off the typical young father vibe, sleep deprived and disheveled.
Within the first few sentences the father was half-listening, as he was distracted by his child trying to grab everything in sight. Actually, it was an endearing scene… it reminded me of one of my nephews.
But then it got uncomfortable real fast!
In an effort to better focus on our conversation, the father picked up the young child and held him in his arms while resting on his hip. After the father would speak, he moved his head around and place a kiss on the child’s cheek. I didn’t notice anything odd at first as I was busy formulating responses, but as the frequency of the kisses increased I couldn’t help but become totally focused on these kisses.
They were not normal parent-to-child kisses. This was not a simple lip to cheek embrace. These were not even extended kisses that typically last 3-4 seconds…These were big, wet, sloppy kisses. The type of kisses that are normally practiced by middle schoolers, who wag their tongues and push their lips against one another without any sensualism. But this father was breaking a cardinal kissing rule between family members. Never let your inner lip touch a family member.
With extended family members, I’ve run the gamut of family kisses; the kiss on the cheek, the kiss on the lips, and the “air kiss.” BUT NEVER have I rolled my lips apart and given any family member the wetness of my inner lips.
If I’m lucky, I’ll have the good fortunate of someday raising my own child. I will love them with plenty of hugs and kisses but they will never get my inner lips, because it’s just wrong!
PS – The man wiped a long stream of snot from the child’s face at one point and then insisted on shaking my hand when he left…gross!
