Sarasota Herald Tribune
"Peridia Excels in Every Sense"
By Teri M. Grimes  January 7, 2005

BRADENTON--It wasn't a special seasoning that kicked our dinner up a notch at Peridia Golf & Country Club--it was Mr. Rhythm.

The second and fourth Tuesdays of each month are "Dine & Dance" occasions, featuring different entertainers. Our hostess said it was DJ Mr. Rhythm's first engagement at Peridia, and he was anxious for people to make requests.

Handy forms at each table made that easy, and we tried all sorts of genres and decades to test his repertoire.

Mr. Rhythm was up to the challenge. I especially enjoyed watching the older couples do the fox trot and cha-cha. I have two left feet, and can barely do a box step...

The Sarasota Observer
"Grassroots Airwaves"
By Loren Mayo  October 11, 2007

No, he doesn't play the same pablum you hear on the commercial radio stations, thank you very much, says mystery man Mr. Rhythm, who refuses to reveal his true identity. He's expanded his own selection beyond the 12 records "those stations" play. Rumor has it he travels around town toting 17,000 songs with him. Yes, he uses CDs and, no he does not own an iPod, nor does he plan to purchase one. Ever. He just doesn't fit that demographic.

Mr. Rhythm plays his rockin' blues show, "This and That," from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and "Shake Rattle and Roll" (oldies) from 7 to 9 a.m. Saturdays. If you wnat to hear it, he'll play it. If he doens't have it, he'll find it. Worst-case scenario, you'll hear it next week.

He's been doing radio for more than 30 years, a job that began in the seventh grade when he made $20 playing music for a church dance. He turned that moment into a blues program in New York City in the late '60s and a local TV comedy show similar to a "Saturday Night Live."

"I've always loved radio," Mr. Rhythm said. "Its charm, its aura, its mystique, because the listener has to use his imagination for you. I'm doing this playing the music I love, how can I go wrong?"

 
ABC 7's Attitudes magazine
"The Voices of WSLR 96.5 FM"
By Charmaine Engelsman-Robins  May 2007, excerpt

Those of us who really, really love radio may have the ultimate surround-sound TV set ups in our homes and sternum-rattling CD players in our vehicles, but when you get right down to it, it's still really all about radio. Real radio. As in The Golden Age Of. Or the years when on-air personalities actually had some and were able to express it by choosing their own playlists and guests....A Sarasota resident of only three years, Mr. Rhythm has been doing his two shows for about 18 months. An experienced on-air New Jersey guy who was also a mobile DJ for "112 years", his massive music collection is comprised of classic vinyl and CDs. Like most music purists, Mr. R admits to "an emotional affinity for vinyl. CDs seem disposable, vinyl doesn't. Their labels, information, colors--switching from vinyl took a lot of the warmth out of the music, like when amps went from tubes to transistors. Digital 'sanitizes' the sound."

Creative Loafing
Best of the Suncoast 2007
October 24-30, 2007 issue