MOSTOV'S MUSINGS

After a year and a half of publishing a new blog every Thursday, I've suddenly gone silent for three weeks. The reason? I've finally begun pursuing a dream I've carried since I was sixteen: writing a novel worthy of publication. After decades of teaching literature, encouraging future authors, and watching friends and former students achieve their own literary success, I've decided it's time to finish the story I've always wanted to tell. And what began as a single novel has

Celebrating my birthday at Starflyer Brewing Company this year. I celebrated my 53rd birthday this evening while hosting DJ Trivia at Starflyer Brewing Co. As birthdays go, this one was fairly uneventful. Not bad, exactly. Just uneventful. I spent my birthday asking people questions, keeping score, playing music, awarding prizes, and pretending, with moderate success, that I was not another year older and one year closer to death. The players did sing “Happy Birthday” to me b

Ever wonder what really happens behind the DJ booth beyond the playlists, packed dance floors, and late-night road trips? This blog is my way of pulling back the curtain. After 27 years, 600+ weddings, countless venues across Ohio, and a lifetime’s worth of unbelievable stories, I’m finally sharing the wild, heartfelt, hilarious, and downright unbelievable moments that come with being a mobile wedding DJ. If you’ve ever been curious about the DJ life—or you’re planning a wedd