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The Fashionable Guns

Posted in music, neat-O gang, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on June 8, 2009| 2 Comments »

First day back after another fantastic 24 Hour Relay for The Kids.  The Amalgamated Team Zone over came some serious setbacks and a crushing recession to pull together and raise an astonishing $8262!  A big thank you to so many Zoners who came together to help send kids to camp, but especially Captain Rhaye, BC Smoke Shop, The Bulletproof Babes, and Aegis Fang.

A few highlights… well off the top, the team Wasted Talent has a Drinko Plinko board game in tent city that crushed.  I enjoyed tipping pints with members of the Sharpies and The Canoe Brewpub.  Wayne from the BC Smokeshop brought a keg, so that makes him a pretty special humanitarian in my world.

Allie The Zone Ranger and Bank Girl somehow managed to rally hard late, and stay up with me when it was my turn to jock the Zone @ 91-3’s water station during the witching hours of 4-7AM.

I think the key for me actually surviving the weekend and not dry heaving in my parking lot at 11 AM while unpacking; was the fact that I went home for a square dinner and a nap before coming back for the late night shenanigans.

Already, we’re talking about next year ‘round these parts.  Part of me want sot form TWO teams.  I don’t think Coral will be too into that idea.  But I think it would be cool to have a team of athletes and kids to compete in the running aspect of the 24 Hour Relay and leave the drinking of general hippy drum circles to the Amalgamated Team Zone.

I want to call the Kids team, The Junior Zees or The Fashionable Guns.  What do you think?

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From the Emailz:

—–Original Message—–
From: Lauren [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:39 AM
To: jeremy@TheZone.fm
Subject:

Hey Jeremy,
You have to help me out! You played a song last week during my drive home, I dunno, maybe around 5ish, it was by a band called Sex Ed I thought, it is driving me crazy, they were really good but I can’t find anything on YouTube or anywhere…..I think they are from Van and he had written the songs for his girlfriend while he was in college and then they kind of got discovered when his songs got distributed somehow around his campus.
Thanks so much,
Lauren

Hey Lauren,
You’re awesome. That song/band is one of my favourites right now. From what you’re told me, I think it was Passion Pit (that’s the artist that wrote all the music for his girl while in college and he’s from Massachusetts) and the song we’re featuring on the Zone is called “The Reeling” from the record Manners.

I hope that helps. If it is incorrect, let me know and we’ll try something else or I’ll need more info.

Thank you for the email.

Rock.
Jeremy

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And because I don’t always get it right the first time.

—–Original Message—–
From: Jaime [mailto:***]
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 6:26 PM
To: jeremy@TheZone.fm
Subject: Thursday’s connect three!

Hi Jeremy,

I meant to write down the name of the first song/band you played yesterday on connect three but I flailed! Can you tell me what it was? It really was epic.

Jaime
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Jeremy Baker <Jeremy@thezone.fm> wrote:

Hey Jaime,
It was Boxcar Racer – “I Feel So.”

I hope that helps. Thank you for listening to my radio show.
Jeremy

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Thanks Jeremy –

I must have screwed the date or the placement up or something, I meant the Airborn Toxic Event! But I found it and thanks for the great new music!

Jaime

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One Minute Of Magic

Posted in history 101, neat-O gang, WWJD?, tagged , , , , on June 3, 2009| 8 Comments »

Give this dude one magical minute, and you’ll have a dance party on your hands! (thank you Zoner Rick for sending this in)

I remember being down on the floor for Santigold in the 80 plus degree heat and looking back up the hill at The Gorge and smiling at this moment in Sasquatch glory.

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its strike two for you, and strike three, for me

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, neat-O gang, tagged , , , , , on June 1, 2009| 4 Comments »

I cut my finger today.  I wasn’t paying attention while taking the dishes out of the dishwasher machine and a knife slipped.  Coral and I were having a “discussion” about my job and about how I need to be the bad guy with Madelyn sometimes.  She is entering the terrible two’s about half a year early and I’m not so good at the serious face.  A knife slipped and my reaction was to grab it all slick like before it hit the ground… but its a knife and it sliced my finger.  Then Madelyn started mashing the buttons on the TV and needed a time out… and wouldn’t you know it, after the tears it worked.  She came out of baby jail reformed! Maybe her stuffed Quatchi cell mate helped her find Islam?

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I live life with a fairly hefty level of stress at all times.  I tell myself its a healthy stress, keeps me hungry, but now I don’t really believe that.  It took a bloody TV commercial and this article today and  remembering this blog post for me to realize it.  The TV commercial was for Kashi and showed these people hiking through the bush on some sort of trek.  I thought, “man, I’d like to do that.”  But I can not.  Sadness.  I also want to visit Greenland some day, that would be pretty cool.

Well, maybe I could do a trek… its not like it requires much.  Time I suppose.  And two working legs and I have those.

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Blogging about Coldplay’s new live record LeftRightLeftRightLeft generated a comment on Facebook from someone talking about the Konami Code.  But when I think Konami Code, I think about this old band i used to listen to all the time called Up Up Down Down (and all the rest of if).

What a perfect song, and what a perfect minute-and-a-half of music video.  And only viewed 9,000 times… for shame.

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I think I’ve made my final decision on school.  I know I’ve been dragging my feet on making a call for some time, but I just wanted to weigh some pros and cons and make sure that I can afford the prospect of school and still keeping the bills paid and the baby fed.

I think I will try to get myself accepted to BCIT’s Technology Management degree program.  Sadly, this program doesn’t seem to contain any graphic design courses… but the job will hopefully allow me to step up and find a leadership role in broadcasting or another business all together.

Nothing is set in stone yet, but I like BCIT better than Royal Roads because it is cheaper, less application hurdles, less money, no on-campus requirement and teaches practical management skills.  So unless I find something better in the next few days, BCIT it is.

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Goodness, all this Up Up Down Down I’ve been jamming out has me nostalgic for more Up Up Down Down music.  I used to have more but I guess all the transferring of files over the years has had me lose a couple albums.  Oh well, Perris, CA was always my fave and its the one I got.  Too bad its just 5 wonderful songs.

Go with yourself.

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That’s a nerdy ass bacon joke

Posted in food, neat-O gang, tagged , , , on May 14, 2009| 2 Comments »

Brand Autopsy is a blog I have on the blogroll that lately hasn’t being doing much for me.  I almost aced it, but then they featured this hilarious gem of a clip.

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Adam Raised a Cain

Posted in neat-O gang, tagged , on May 12, 2009| 1 Comment »

“I’d think there are degrees of greatness,” Adam said.
“I don’t think so,” said Samuel.  “That would be like saying there are is little bigness. No. I believe when you come to that responsibility the hugeness and you are alone to make your choice. On one side you have warmth and companionship and sweet understanding, and on the other – cold, lonely greatness.  There you make your choice.  I’m glad I chose mediocrity, but how am I to say what reward might have come with the other? “

– East of Eden

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Huzzah to #4

Posted in neat-O gang, Wedding, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 11, 2009| 9 Comments »

Seth Godin says to own your brand.  Meaning, to make up a word to describe what you do, so that way it costs you far less to dominate search and generally be the top of the mind name for what you do.

Since I am my own brand… I guess, like any band or creative force, I own my own brand.  When I goggle me, I am first on the list! huzzah!

Sadly, its my MySpace that comes up before this blog, but the blog is number two.

On my old MySpace blog back in the halcyon days when people actually used their MySpace accounts, I did a feature called “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”  I think part of me wants to resurrect that feature so I can talk about news articles I come across like this gem: Teen with No Licence, High on Drugs, Crashes Car

This kid packs the bongs, takes a puff then decides its a good idea to take Mommy and Daddy’s car for a spin.  He pulls an illegal U-turn and causes a man riding a Harley to t-bone the car.  The rider flies over the hood and is injured.  Then the hilarity ensues:
The teen was given a ticket for driving without a valid licence and unsafe U-turn and was also issued a 24-hour suspension for driving under the influence of marijuana.

A 24-hour suspension?  The kid doesn’t even have a licence… how about a forever suspention till he figures out life and takes the test like everyone else.

What makes this story even more tragic is that a Harley driver was injured… and after my broadcast from Steve Drane Harley Davidson, I have a new goal.

01) Learn Graphic Design and Create a Media Press Kit for Myself
02) get Married
03) achieve a University Degree
04) Own a Harley!

as you can imagine, I have a kinship with my fallen rider.

and in case you’re wondering what sorta bike I’ll want to upgrade the scooter too: Harley Davidson Nightster

nightster

I’m not married to THIS bike by any means, but something small and classic looking like it.  There was a ton of bikes at Steve Drane that I instantly fell in love with.

OK, put the dreams down, back to the brass tax of life.

Wedding

Coral and I will be booking at Mandalay Bay.  Vancityrockgirl (who happens to own her own brand) is going above and beyond and sharing lots of great rates and ideas on how to save some $$$ for the Vegas Wedding adventure.

24 Hour Relay For the Kids

the Fourth Annual Mankini Car Wash is going down this Saturday!
Saturday, May 16:
Mankini Carwash
Time:11:00am – 3:00pm
Location: Corner of Glanford and Vanalman

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day yesterday crushed.  It was almost a Father’s day too… such a perfect day off with my girls.  Mads spoiled Mom with lots of presents and then she helped me whip up some eggs benny for the future Mrs. Baker.

We watched Zathura! Nice… and a commercial I voiced came on the TV which made me feel like a rock star.

In the afternoon, we took a walk along Dallas Road and drive through Oak Bay looking at all the houses we hope to one day be able to afford.

Then Alix came over to craft some brilliant ribs and Coral’s family came over for dinner and a spirited game of World Monopoly… which I won!

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Alright, I gotta get ready to hop on the radio for a radio show.

Go with yourself.

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This Guy Needs a Girlfriend

Posted in neat-O gang, tagged , , , on May 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »

ted sent me this interesting link today.

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Strata

Posted in neat-O gang, tagged , on May 6, 2009| 4 Comments »

Tonight my building is having a strata meeting and looking for volunteers.  Coral thinks that we should volunteer to help out.

I am not too sure.  Strata is a thankless job.  I know this because I have never said thank you to anyone on a strata council ever.

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Surely you jest! I’m under cardiac arrest, shawty

Posted in music, neat-O gang, tagged , on May 1, 2009| 2 Comments »

Rozie has been sharing this most excellent video. Yes, it worth your time.

I wish I could call Katie Couric “shawty.”

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Its Raining in Vancouver / but I don’t give a fuck / Cuz I’m far from home tonight

Posted in neat-O gang, tagged , , , , on April 29, 2009| 7 Comments »

Once again the little stresses of my life were alleviated by Dr. Seth.

Infinity, They Keep Making More of It

“The problem with getting bigger is that getting bigger costs you. Not just in time and money, but in focus and standards and principles. Moving your way to the biggest part of the curve means appealing to an ever broader audience, becoming (by definition) more average.”

whoa right.  That little paragraph hurts my head just thinking about it.  You know what else hurts my head, Jars of Clay.  What were people thinking… post grunge Radio circa 1995 was not a pretty time in rock and roll.

When I was a younger lad, we used to call those guys Jars of Gay… get it?  cuz gay rhymes with clay.  Not very PC but it was 1995, and as you can tell from popular modern rock, no one was really using their brain.

Time to pour a bath and tuck into “East of Eden.”  That book makes me want to invent a time machine and travel back to the olden days… before post grunge.  Live in a shack in the hills and drill water wells and have like 800 kids and wear overalls and say ma’am.

I am only a handful of chapters deep into the lives of the Trasks and Hamiltons but it is an amazing read.  Author John Steinbeck says of his own work: “”It has everything in it I have been able to learn about my craft or profession in all these years (…) I think everything else I have written has been, in a sense, practice for this.”

That is the sort of book I want to read.

That’s all I got.

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