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Kenny

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About Me

Synthpop, Electropop and New Wave DJ hosting the bay area show "One Vortex Beyond" since 2000 on Independant station KSCU 103.3 fm Santa Clara "The Underground Sound" for 7 years.I love synthpop and I love animals. Going on hikes in a pretty foresty quiet area brings me as much satisfaction as a Moog synth sometimes. Material possesions mean little to me. A nice simple bike ride on my old Schwinn can make me feel about 10 times more at ease after a tough week. I really respect others and nature. Recycle everything I can. I practice "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle". I think life is beginning to get too overly complicated in our society.I try and utilize public trans whenever I can, and enjoy biking, but when I pollute...I dig retro sporty hatchback cars. I have an old 3 cylinder 87 Chevrolet Sprint Turbo that is actually insanely quick and gets over 45MPG! The emissions are like that of your modern day over-complex Prius. The other is what I consider the king of hot hatches, the last of body style A2 92 VW GTI 16 valve. They just do not make fun cars like these anymore.Recently I relocated to Portland OR with Deb. I needed a shift in life, a real change. Portland is sedating in the quality of life it has to offer. It wasnt easy for me to leave all that I knew and not always see my many close and wonderful friends. However, I am meeting some wonderful people in my lovely new town.I have a park down the street from our cute little early 1900's bungalow, best sushi on earth only a 10 minute bike ride away, and surrounded by greenery. I sometimes feel like I am in a coma, a heaven like dream state living up here. Hard to explain. Look me up if you are in town I have some really amazing friends in the bay area and continue that path in Portland. I am a very blessed guy. I still make frequent trips to see friends, meet prior listeners of OVB, and DJ some of my favorite clubs in the SF and SJ bay area.For more on my synthpop addiction and music related bio, check out www.onevortexbeyond.com Remember, this is not about me...it is about the music that I love. It empowers and nourishes me. Making me a bit of who I am. I try to share that special deep part of myself in the songs I select at clubs or even on the air.
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My Interests

Synth-pop, New Wave, Electro-pop, Industrial, No Wave, Indietronic OVB, DJing at clubs, Hanging out at a club Biking & biking events--I go to everyone I can. Having breakfast at a local place in town on a lazy weekend day Animal Welfare, Training Dogs, A2 1991-1992 VW GTI 16 valves, Turbo 3 Cylinder Suzuki's, Veggie food, Sushi, Reading about alternative housing like Yurts, non fiction books, Walking town, Biking more than driving is my goal the last 3 yrs... I always strive to stay real

CLIF BAR 2 Mile Challenge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz3zMzVdlX8

benefits of cycling a very sensible, challenge

I'd like to meet:

Cool down to earth people. I am a synthpop/new wave/electropop music fanatic... so if you would like to talk music I am all for it. Bands, Labels, and DJs that are looking for support of music related to what I play on the air or in the clubs.I add friends. Synthpop Superfans, Synthpop Bands, Labels. Bands (synthpop, new wave, electro-pop, ebm, future pop, electro) interested in sending promos, or servicing on the new radio program please send me a message.I am also a bike nut, so if you want to talk biking...I am interested,My goal is to support the music, and make true friends who find the joy I do in a style of music that deserves the same, if not more recognition as anything on the commercial radio stations today.

Music:

Elegant Machinery - Feel the Silence
Shiny Toy Guns, De/Vision, Echo & The Bunnymen, mesh, n.o.i.a., erasure, new Order, depeche MODE, Freezepop, Ayria, Book of Love, Camouflage, Human League, Xymox, Seabound, SONO,Iris, VNV Nation, The Echoing Green, Leiahdorus, Elegant Machinery, The Cure,Hong Kong Counterfeit, Duran Duran, 242, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Robert Hazard, The Other Two, Red Flag, early Tears for Fears, Wave in Head, Colony 5, nam nam bulu, Beborn Beton, Soft Cell, The Faint, Fisherspooner, The Smiths, The The, Anything Box, Miss Kitten & the Hacker, Fr/Action, T.H.E.M., Secession, Fake, Cetujavu, Visage, Recoil, Peter Schilling, Pet Shop Boys, The Nine, Echo Image, Inspiral Carpets, Suede, Charlatans U.K., Stone Roses, Placebo, Apoptygma Berzerk, Ladytron, Bis, nukleoN, OMD, Ocean Blue, Heaven 17, The Fitness, Bravery, Men without hats, Ayria, NIN, I. Synthesist, Monofader, Dignity of Labor, electrocute, B! Machine, Covenant, Northern Lite, A Flock of Seaguls, Syrian, PiL, Gary Numan, B.A.D., Flesh for Lulu, The Twins, Edelweiss, Count To Infinity, Icicle Works, Yazoo, Gold Frapp, Microchip League, Kraftwerk, Candyflip, Cause & Effect, INSOC, Fad Gadget, Sheep on Drugs, Wolfsheim, Blancmange, Pulp, Jesus and Marychain, Franz Ferdinhand, Gang of Four, Lovemakers, Japan, Culture Club, Falco, Peter Godwin, BiGod 20, Kon Kan, Devo, INXS, Voice Farm, Moonlife, James, Go Go's, Madonna, Cocteau Twins, elastica, Psychedelic Furs, Propaganda, Rational Youth, Art of Noise, AIR, Yello, Split Enz, Tone on Tail, Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, real life, Tin Tin, Talk Talk, Joy Division, Fortran 5, A-Ha, Adam Ant, Madonna, Trans X, Berlin, Ministry, Monolithic, ABC, Eurythmics, Morrissey, Blondie, Blur, Moev, Clash, Noel, Chameleons, Sisters of Mercy, The Fixx, Cosmicity, Thomas Dolby, HoJo, B-Movie, Agency-X, Daniel Mahr, Sioban Fahey, Bananna Ramma, Alizee, Naked Eyes, And One, Adult, Protection, My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult, Consolidated, Meat Beat Manifesto, Blondie, Tori Amos,Assemblage 23, Provision, Kylie Minogue, Alphaville, Neuropa, Avante Garde, B-52's, Blue October, Curve, Shins, Bronski Beat, Fairlight Children, Children Within, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, House of Love, Client, DeKoy, Front Line Assembly, Icon of Coil, Lords of Acid, Fictional, Ravenous, Day Behavior, Avenue D, Moenia, Kaj, T.OY., Thompson Twins, Neuroactive, Mount Sims, Nitzer Ebb, Soviet, Tiga, System 22, Hype, Moulin Noir, Desireless, Dominatrix, Gene Loves Jezibel, Wire, Bjork, Hubert Kah, Postal Service, DJ Ram, Virtual Server, Joy Electric, Electronic, Merge, Cabaret Voltaire, Frasure Chorus, Captain Sensible, The Beloved, eloquent, Spray, Simple Minds, Melotron, Felix Da housecat, Until December, Ultravox, Anne Clarke, Peaches, Halovox, They Might Be Giants, Creatures, Celebrate the Nun, Neuroticfish, The Shamen, Blue Ocean Dream, Missing Persons, Travelogue, Perfidious Words, CCCP, Cleaner, Univaque, A Flock of Seaguls, Billy Idol, Ganymede, Royksopp, The Knife, Rename, Endanger, Microchip League, FPU, Robotiko, Tribantura, 7 Red 7, Chris & Cosey, Cleen, Endanger, Halou, Dubstar, Dust of Basement, Mysterious Art, Shades of Grey, Halovox, Consolidated, Solitary Experiments, Experimental Products, Chicks on Speed, KieTheVez, Distain!, The Communards, Cranberries, Cruxshadows, Wumpscut, Luxxury... Way Too Many More!!
You are Suede. Youre quite introverted and
reserved. You dont like to draw attention to
yourself, which is a shame, as youre very
talented and unique. You enjoy film and
literature for the glamorous characters and
plot lines, which means you can sometimes be
a bit of a romantic.

.. Which Britpop Band Are You?
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Colony 5 - Trust You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt2ILvnVOng

playing tomorrow in pdx...



Depeche Mode (with Vince Clarke) - New Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js2HXn7yVGw

Movies:

.. Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Breakfeast Club, Garden State, 40 Yr Old Virgin, Old School, Fight Club, DM 101

Television:

Nanny Shows, Shark Week, South Park (brilliant), Malcolm In The Middle can be hilarious as is The Office, VH1 Classics surprises me with cool underground and pretty obscure synth new wave from the past. Generally it is rare I turn the TV on at all...

Books:

non fiction based reading like Diet For A New America, Divorce Your Car, How to Live (Well) Without Owning a Car, Geography or Nowhere, The Culture Clash, Into The Wild, Fast Food NationSome fave quotes..."Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law, it's nine-tenths of the problem." --John Lennon,“What I hate is our whole culture of trade-ups-manship,” Mr. Ho said. “No one ever seems to be happy in the house they actually buy. You visit someone’s new place and you say, ‘wow, this is great,’ and inevitably they’ll say ‘well, it’s O.K. for now.’ And that drives me absolutely crazy. We abide by all of these prescriptions that are essentially visual, ‘you build a dream kitchen and the soul of your house is established.’ Well, no, it isn’t.”-Dan Ho,The difference between an ordeal and an adventure is attitude.-Random on line quote,"Live simply so that others may simply live." - Gandhi,"I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking." Laura Ingalls Wilder,Favorite quote: "When I see an adult on a bicycle I do not despair for the future of the human race."--H.G.Wells

Heroes:

People I really respect: Joey Belville, Claude S., Martin Gore, Stephen B. Morrissey, Joe Breezer, Todd at a Different Drum, Einstein, My Mom who taught me to be who I want to be...live my life in my own unique way. My Fiancee' who seems to have the most knowledge about just about anything. OK, she is a geek in many ways...she is amazing and wonderful too.

My Blog

-New Wave City- Synth Night - Vince Clark Tribute Salute

www.newwavecity.com  An Extra Dose of... Yazoo, Depeche Mode, and Erasure in the Upstairs at Eric's Room with DJ's Low Life and Kenny See you in the bay area tomorrow night!!...
Posted by Kenny on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:33:00 PST

Loreto, Baja Mexico

This is a lovely place. Close to the tropic of Cancer. Maybe that is why I feel at home here. It is a Vortex much like Portland in how energy seems to flow. It is warm, well...HOT...but I am getting u...
Posted by Kenny on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:51:00 PST

Cetu Javu - Situations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUhwd9UNpo0Cetu Javu - Situations 12" - 1988. PLEASE NOTE: These tracks are from my private collection. All rights remain with original artist. I upload these tracks ...
Posted by Kenny on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:03:00 PST

ERASURE - Fingers and Thumbs - Cold Summers Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq-eTL8TFmc Urgent Lyrics, Emotive Voice, Spine and belly and eyes all in reaction to the perfection. This is one of my favorite songs of all time....
Posted by Kenny on Fri, 02 May 2008 01:55:00 PST

This Saturday: Paying Tribute to One of My Fave Places: Blank Club for Satori

WITH SPECIAL GUEST DJ KENNY!Saturday, March 15th9pm-1:45am - 21+$5, free before 10pmClub Satori @ The Blank Club44 South Almaden AvenueSan Jose, CAhttp://www. theblankclub. comhttp://www. clubsatori. ...
Posted by Kenny on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:15:00 PST

March 1st at Decadent 80s--Happy Times!

What a fun night! Everyone was very cool, the floor was packed a large portion of the night. People were clearly out to have a good time. Special thanks to DJ Braineater for being very cool to work wi...
Posted by Kenny on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:11:00 PST

Decadent 80’s this Saturday at Tabor Legacy on Hawthorne

Remember the Decadence of the 80's underground party and club scene. We're bringing it back. We will be dusting off our old music and bringing you the best from the 80's.As usual expect to hear a wide...
Posted by Kenny on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:14:00 PST

Moses takes the Trimet

Yesterday on the way to work via bus 10 a man came aboard with smiles informing a woman whom also entered the bus from the same stop that "there is hate chrimes...but the answer is in the books..." S...
Posted by Kenny on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:40:00 PST

wheat allergies

Canella was visiting me in my new town. Her and I had an adventure in downtown Portland for the day Sunday. Here is the blog she posted.   We covered most of Old Town on foot, and luckily i...
Posted by Kenny on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:02:00 PST

Portland: America’s Greenest City

http://promo.realestate.yahoo.com/the_top_ten_greenest_citie s.html
Posted by Kenny on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:29:00 PST