JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER

eff Kline doesn't own a
compact disc, much less a
compact disc player. In
fact, he isn't even consid-
ering adding the stereo
equipment to his list of
possessions.
"I don't listen to music
very often," said the vice president and
general manager of TicketMaster opera-
tions in Michigan and Colorado.
So what does the 32-year-old West
Bloomfield resident do when not at his
Southfield office or jetting for business to
some other part of the country?
"I'll listen to the news or to talk radio
in the car, and when I am home, I am ei-
ther on the phone or watching television,"
he said. "I am a real TV junkie."
While it may be surprising that the
man who arranges for so many perform-
ers to play in Detroit doesn't own a CD
player, his professional success is no mys-
tery.
After seven years in the position of VP
and GM, Mr. Kline pretty much has the
job down. He oversees the chain's 135 out-
lets, 500 employees and all ticket sales
and promotions of events scheduled at
several venues in metropolitan Detroit.
In addition, he is studying the improve-
ment of services for the ticket company's
sales processes. In Colorado, he holds the
same responsibilities.
But while he achieved success early in
his career, Mr. Kline is now hitting his
stride in his personal life, racking up suc-
cess after success.
His first achievement began two years
ago at a BBYO reunion in Denver, where
he grew up. Attending the event with his
brother, he saw many of their old friends,
but didn't recognize one woman across
the hall. She had been his brother's child-
hood friend.
"I said, 'Who's that?' and my brother
said, 'That's Sandi.' " he recalled. "And I
said, 'Come on, not Sandi."
The pair began to date after the re-
union. Sandi lived in Los Angeles, so for
months the two jetted off to see each oth-
er every weekend. Last year, after nur-
turing the transcontinenthlromance, they
were married.
"I love being married," he said. "You
don't have to worry about being alone.
There is always someone there for you."
His other recent success began late last
year. Always a connoisseur of Chinese
and gourmet food, Mr. Kline began a love
affair a few years ago with Door-to-Door,
a local food-delivery service, at the same
time he was developing a passionate aver-
sion to exercise.
"The most exercise for me was to take
the fork from the plate and put it to my
mouth," he said. "I would call Door-To-
Door 'and they would say, 'Jeff, how's it
going? What'll it be tonight?' "
The combination led to a weight gain
that made him uncomfortable. After he
was married, he decided to do something
about it. He started a diet that all but
eliminated his former eating habits and
helped him shed 90 pounds in 10 months.