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Velocity Boy

Detroit has a skyline, too.

About Me

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My Interests

Formulating and discussing inspiring and entertaining media content, Fistfights, Rock and Roll.also....Snowboarding, Kayaking, Vintage BMW Motorcycles...specifically R series airheads.

I'd like to meet:

both of these gentlemen. or someone who can get me a time machine and an invite to the above-pictured dinner.

Music:

Superchunk, Cocteau Twins, Catherine Wheel, The Ocean Blue, Enon, Jawbreaker, The Chills, The Wedding Present, MBV, Royksopp, Heavenly, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Riverside, Adorable, Pinback, Weakerthans, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Lagwagon, Velocity Girl, The Fall, Minus the Bear, Four Tet, Frou Frou, Silver Jews, American Analog Set, Juno, MY VITRIOL, The Residents, Kings of Convenience, Longpigs, Ani Difranco, Dismemberment Plan, Q and Not U, Negativland, Xiu Xiu, The Wrens, Explosions in the Sky, Lungfish, Music that sounds like it would have been big on midwestern college radio between 1991 and 1995, Tortoise (but not Tortoise fans), Indie rock in general (but not indie rock kids)

Movies:


I didnt beat King's Quest 1, 2, 3, or 4 until I was 24 years old.

Television:

musicand politics.

Books:

Sarah Vowell, David Sedaris (and the rest of the This American Life crew), Kurt Vonnegut, Daniel Pinkwater, many more equally predictable men and women.

Heroes:

Pam Genio-Bates, Ted Leo, Daniel Higgs, Phil Hendrie, David Byrne, Peter Hook

My Blog

And all was right with the world.

This is greatest video of all time. (thanks capone.)That is all.(do you think he peed on those guys after they shut the camera off?) ...
Posted by Velocity Boy on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:10:00 PST

Yes. We are moving.

Ive been getting a ton of emails in regards to this....so:Yes. we are moving. Yes. to San Diego. No. we havent sold the house yet. Yes. you can buy it. ( check it out HERE and HERE ). That would be gr...
Posted by Velocity Boy on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:21:00 PST

Czech out whats NEU!

Hi there. Let's catch up, shall we? Three things.1.) I must be fucking crazy. In addition to my duties as PD here at the station, I have recently decided to create a new morning show...with me as the ...
Posted by Velocity Boy on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:10:00 PST

we done went and got hitched.

and if you click here, you can see the proof. Those pictures are by the incredibly talented Cameron Ingalls. these pictures were taken by the also incredibly talented Stephen Kallao.thanks....
Posted by Velocity Boy on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:55:00 PST

Thailand- pictures

Thailand was awesome. We hung out with monkeys and elephants, checked out amazing temples, spent a lot of time on the beach staring blankly out at the Indian Ocean, and at some point during all this ...
Posted by Velocity Boy on Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:02:00 PST

sawatdee

sawatdee. that means "goodbye" in Thai. i think. Pam and I are leaving today for 2 weeks in Thailand...specifically Phuket and Bangkok. So....talk to yall in a few weeks. BTW... we are purposefully...
Posted by Velocity Boy on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:05:00 PST

this is you when you are sad.


Posted by Velocity Boy on Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:12:00 PST

fire in the disco

i set my bbq on fire last night grilling a tri-tip. i was going to put it out with a hose, but then pam reminded me calmly that you put out grease fires with baking soda, not water. so i almost bur...
Posted by Velocity Boy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

of course he does.

ive been TRYING to tell you guys....when will you listen?
Posted by Velocity Boy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

christiania

no, not Christianity, but christiania. i couldnt possibly do justice to how amazing of a concept and a place christiania is just by writing about it here, but trust me...it is an incredible place in ...
Posted by Velocity Boy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST