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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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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 BayVancityrockgirl (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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