Introduce Yourself!

[fatmilo]

Hello nerds, I am fatmilo! I post on the Fatwreckwiki with some frequency so I thought I'd check out VC. I like the vinyl quite a lot and am fairly obseesed with Single Mothers, The Flatliners and the Descendents. I live in Vancouver BC and go to a terrible college and live a middling-average life. It's pretty OK.

[OU818]

Hey. I've been lurking here for awhile as I gradually shift towards collecting more vinyl over CDs. 

 

Real name: 
Stephen

Favorite Bands: 
All time: The Mars Volta

Right now: Giant Squid, Chelsea Wolfe, Mastodon
 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting): 
Reading, gaming, drinking, theater tech, playing music terribly

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
nope

Random things you want us to know about you: 
I hate Phil Collins and I miss living in downtown Boston

[brandy]

Real name: 
Brandon Lye

Favorite Bands:
RHCP, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Blink 182, Thrice, Alkaline Trio, AFI, Converge, Alice In Chains, Daylight, Beach Slang

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?:
https://www.facebook.com/threwawaymytelevision

http://www.last.fm/user/oohy2j

http://instagram.com/brandonisliam

https://www.twitter.com/Brandoncollie

http://www.artdamaged.tumblr.com

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):
football (soccer), going to gigs, watching movies, pool, poker

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
Nope

Random things you want us to know about you:
I live in Singapore, but I'll be in Sweden for the next 6 months for exchange studies.

If you have any nice record stores around Europe to recommend, please do! Also hit me up if ya wanna hang out.

[nothnks]

Hello nerds, I am fatmilo! I post on the Fatwreckwiki with some frequency so I thought I'd check out VC. I like the vinyl quite a lot and am fairly obseesed with Single Mothers, The Flatliners and the Descendents. I live in Vancouver BC and go to a terrible college and live a middling-average life. It's pretty OK.

 

Single Mothers

Descendents

homie...

[ghosthardware]

Well, new guy here...

 

Real name: 
Álvaro (call me Al)

Favorite Bands: 
I used to had a few "favorite bands" but nowadays I listen to a whole lot of crap so I just can't choose. I guess if you ask me for my favorite bands per genre I'd be able to give you a list, otherwise I don't think I could...

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting): 
I love art (rn I'm studying History of Art), love gigs... I love cats but my dad hates them so no cats allowed. Dunno what else to say.
 

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
Nope/nope. I wish I had both to be honest.

Random things you want us to know about you:

Hi guys! I'm from Spain and  I've been collecting vinyl for... 2 or 3 weeks? Anyway, I don't know what else to say here tbh. 

Am I the only european here or do we have a small group of europeans?

[+hecollec+or]

Hi,

My name is Eli. I am the anti-claus. I enjoy stealing presents, collapsing chimneys & decorating my inverted Xmas tree. I live in the South Pole with a group of helper elves goblins & travel with the assistance of my flying goats. If you happen to see me on Xmas eve, I will eat you. Have a scary Xmas. Hohohahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VinylDave03]

Real name: 
Dave.

Favorite Bands: 
Brand New, The Used, AFI and Say Anything

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting)

I love gaming, mostly Xbox

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
Maybe someday

Random things you want us to know about you:

Just started college, it sucks but whatever

[KingTacoMunster]

Real name: 
Olaf.

 

Hobbies:

Warm hugs.

[emacs]

Real name:
Evan

Favorite Bands:
Clutch, Lionize, Truckfighters, Killer Mike, Death Grips, Bad Brains, basically anything fuzzy and bassy

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?:
https://twitter.com/evanmcclane/

http://ninetysixco.tumblr.com/

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):
Fashion, photography, videogames, graphic design

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
Nope, I designed album artwork for a friend's band once but they broke up and it went unused

Random things you want us to know about you:
I once ate sand at the beach when I was two years old

[Breezus]

Real name: 
Sy

Favorite Bands: 
All-Time: The Smiths, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, The Doors, Nirvana, etc.

Recent: Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, etc.

 

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesytunes

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sytunes

Tumblr: http://sytunes.tumblr.com/

last.fm: http://last.fm/user/TheSuperCrasher

Instagram: http://instagram.com/sytunes
 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting): 
Making music, writing, reading, watching a shitload of movies

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
Yeah, but my band is whack, so here's my homemade solo shit: https://soundcloud.com/sytunes

Random things you want us to know about you: 
I really want to move to the UK or US someday

[THE_James_Champ]

Real name:
THE James

Favorite Bands:
Coheed, Pink Floyd, Thursday, Against Me!, The Mars Volta, Coheed, Brand New, Circa Survive, The Sleeping

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?:
https://twitter.com/the_james_champ

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):
Reading, concerts, annoying people on twitter, comic books


Random things you want us to know about you:
I'm awesome.

[+hecollec+or]

Random things you want us to know about you:

I'm awesome.

 

Backed.

[THE_James_Champ]

Backed.

❤

[blanketburrito]

Real name:
Ash

Favorite Bands:
St. Vincent, Metric, Foals, Brand New, Jeff Buckley

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?:
http://dr-bendova.tumblr.com/

http://instagram.com/blanketbrrrito

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):
Getting off work, having a few beers, netflix, and sleeping haha.

Random things you want us to know about you:
My cat's breath is fucking atrocious. That's not really about me, but I thought I'd share.

[ZoeKirkRobinson]

Real name: 
Zoë (I don't generally go in for aliases, I get bored of them too quickly)

Favorite Bands: 
Pink Floyd, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Cherry Ghost

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?: 
www.twitter.com/zoekirkrobinson

www.facebook.com/ZoeRobinsonUK

www.zoerobinson.com

Hobbies (outside of record collecting): 

Comics (writing, drawing and reading them), videography, writing, art, flight simulators, gaming

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
I used to but not any more. I was a terrible guitarist and a terrible singer but together we all sucked even more so it was all fun.

Random things you want us to know about you: 
I make nice cakes, which I'm not supposed to eat thanks to a wheat allergy. I eat them anyway.

[Jennyemily]

Real name: 
Jennifer (or Jenny, Jen, 'J', oi tosser!, and so forth...)

Favourite Bands: 
It would be quicker to list the ones I don't like; I have very broad tastes.

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?: 
www.jennifer-kirk.com

Hobbies (outside of record collecting): 

Building model railways, collecting vintage lingerie, sailing, collecting books, writing books (8 published)

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
No, but I used to work for the BBC and a few commercial FM stations ten years ago. The money was rubbish but it got me in to interview some cool bands and meet a lot of great people. Oh, and being on promo lists for a decade was awesome for all the free records in return for sending back the reaction sheets

Random things you want us to know about you: 
I knew Ralf Little before he was famous, and saw Oasis in some dive in Manchester before they released their first record. I also played Coldplay on UK radio a full year before their first album was released courtesy of a six-track white label promo 12" I was sent.

 

[Sidney Crosley]

Real name: 
Daniel

Favorite Bands: 
The Clash, Elvis Costello (predominantly pre-1986, but including 1996 and 2002), Tom Waits, Replacements/Paul Westerberg, The Wrens, Hayden, Fleetwood Mac, more.

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting)

Hockey (Toronto Maple Leafs, unfortunately), books (mostly fiction, some non-fiction and music biography, but almost never short stories), technology and gadgets... 

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:

I've played music and in bands since I was 12. I still do, in a not-so-serious way, but play live shows with friends and family about once or twice a year. 

Here's a link to the website for my band from when I was 13 (warning: awesome 90s HTML): https://web.archive.org/web/20010725160738/http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/nooddreason/ 

 

 

Random things you want us to know about you:

I work as an elementary special education teacher-consultant focusing on integration of assistive technology into curriculum for students with different learning and physical needs.

[dancebyaccident]

Real Name:

 

Samuel (call me Sam)

 

Favorite Bands:

 

My most-favorite band is Death Cab for Cutie! My other favorite bands are: Halloween, Alaska; Hellogoodbye; Foxtails Brigade; Brand New; Ben Folds; Ben Folds Five; Bon Iver; Volcano Choir; The Lonely Forest; Owl City; Vampire Weekend; etc, etc. My music taste is really broad, so it's hard to compile a list of the bands I listen to.

 

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?:

 

My personal Tumblr: dancebyaccident (which is just me re-blogging whatever I want)

Because I'm a dork, I also run a Death Cab for Cutie fan-blog: you-are-the-sound-of-settling

My instagram: http://instagram.com/suburbanfoxes(it's the only social network I frequently use anymore)

 

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:

 

I actually do! The band is just me and my best friend Dylan. Our band name is Fox Brothers. However, we're not terribly great mainly because we don't have access to any professional recording equipment/money for recording studio time. We have one EP up (for free download) that was recorded in my closet during the summer of 2013, so just keep that in mind. We did our best. We're trying to get a professionally done LP out before summer 2015 is over because Dylan and I are probably going to different universities in the fall...we'll still continue to make music, but it's going to make the process move slower, slower than it already is, so we need to try to get something done before fall comes. We've had an LP worth of songs for awhile too, so it's about time we did something with them. The EP is called Wake the Wolves and the artwork was done by our amazing and talented friend. Here's our Bandcamp:

 

http://foxbrothers.bandcamp.com/

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):

 

Listening to music I love or listening to new music. I've grown apart from most of my friends this year, so I spend most of my time alone listening to music, or getting into new bands. I love listening to new albums, I have a giant queue of bands I want to get into and the list keeps growing - the list ranges from about the 1960s all the way up to now. Talking Heads, Joy Division, and Animal Collective are a few examples.

I also love movies. My favorite director is Wes Anderson. I essentially love kids movies and horror films, complete opposites I know. I'm a fan of classic horror films, my favorite of the horror franchises is definitely Halloween. Some of my favorite films are Fantastic Mr. Fox, Pixar's Up, Halloween (1978), Evil Dead (1980), Over the Hedge, The Darjeeling Limited, Submarine, North by Northwest, Nightcrawler, Guardians of the Galaxy, and many, many more!

I also really enjoy photography. I've gotten bored with digital so I'm now getting into 35mm film photography, I'm using an old Canon camera my mom had in the '90s.
Last thing: Sleeping is one of my favorite activities; I practically live in my bed.

 

Random things you want us to know about you:

 

Foxes are my favorite animal, I also love animals in general and volunteer at my local animal shelter. I'd love to major in Zoology and work with exotics, but I'm terrible at science, so I might major in English, or music - I've been studying classical piano since I was in elementary school. Chopin is the best & don't let some fuck boy tell you otherwise.

My location says I live in Halloween, Alaska - but that's actually not a real town, but a name of one of my favorite bands, you should check 'em out. I actually live in Orlando, FL. I have passes to all the theme parks: Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Disney World, etc. I love the parks very much. Halloween is also my favorite holiday...and um, yeah...

 

On a final note: I've been listening to a shit ton of The Weakethans and Grizzly Bear lately.

[J.Cantah]

Real name:

Jessica, how awful. I go by Jess.

Favorite Bands:

Ever? AFI.

Currently? The Dangerous Summer (I can't discuss their break up, I'll weep.)

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?:

twitter.com/jesss_canterr

Instagram.com/jesscanter

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):

writing, hiking/exploring nature, getting tattoos (is that a hobby?)

Random things you want us to know about you: I have a snake and a dogo argentino mix, so that's cool I guess. I'm left handed and I can't smell skunk...

[manbot_9000]

Real name: 

Alexander

 

Favorite Bands: 

Man or Astro-Man, School of Seven Bells, The Album Leaf, Sonny Sharrock, this list could go on forever. I like a lot of things. I stay away from country music, and bluegrass, and most big band music.

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?: 
http://instagram.com/manbot_9000/

http://www.discogs.com/user/manbot_9000/collection

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):

I make music. I take pictures. I like pizza. I like to make up ultra-specific and weird hashtags. 

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:

alexanderadams.bandcamp.com

 

 

Random things you want us to know about you:

I don't believe in 'guilty pleasures'. I have a bunny that is adorable. 

[IWastman]

First VC post so here goes!

 

Real name: 
Isaac.  (remember the two A's!)

Favourite Bands: 
Well that's a broad question.... Mostly a lot of hardcore punk and golden age hip-hop, but have been getting into black metal a lot recently.  There's something cool about hunting down obscure bm records and a sense of accomplishment in having one.

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?: 
facebook.com/iwastman

twitter.com/IWastman

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):

Semi-professional skiier, cinephile, amateur music journalist and American football writer

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
Not currently.  That'll probably change sometime this year... can never not play music.

 

Random things you want us to know about you: 
My entire life I've lived with up to 10-15 people in our house at a time.  People ask me all the time "What is it like to live with that many people?" but I usually just respond with a "What was it like living with however many people you lived with?".  It's all I've ever known.

[zerohacker]

Totally forgot to do this.

 

Real name: 
Ryan.
 

Favourite Bands: 
Coheed And Cambria, Converge, The National, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Weird Al, Tera Melos, Russian Circles.

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?: 
facebook.com/ryanthompson814

twitter.com/zerohacker

instagram: @zerohacker

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):

Skateboarding, music, stand up comedy.

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
I've played in a few bands, drums in this weird 2 piece instrumental thing: https://soundcloud.com/ryanthompson814/sets/its-about-time-this-morning

Bass in this thrash crossover band: http://ostgtku.bandcamp.com/album/combat-shock-ep

 

But now I do standup comedy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPy9hrLRiBI(This video is from 2013, it doesn't necessarily reflect my standup now, but there's some decent stuff in it)

 

 

Random things you want us to know about you: 

 I used to make skateboards for a living for 7 years. I was one of 20 comedians that performed at The Fest in Gainesville in 2014. I got super drunk and watched Descendents at Fest and then lost the car for 5 hours.

[Mars]

Hello!

I have been touring around here silently for a bit now, but the time has come

 

Real name:

If you sell/trade/buy with me or otherwise get to know me, you find this out.  Of course if you are really curious, I'm sure you could find me.

j

Favorite Bands:
All over the map on this one: The White Stripes/Jack White, DFA79, Nadja, The Cure, Ryan Adams, Tool, Ulver, Hawksley Workman, USS, Massive Attack, Circa Survive, Mastodon, Faith No More, Two Gallants
to name a few

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?:
my social media bores even me.

My discogs pages is totally incomplete:

http://www.discogs.com/user/marsjams13

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):
Ain't nobody got time for hobbies.

However: family, books, tattoos, whiskey. 

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:

I used to be in marching band, does that count?

Also, I once played a coffeehouse show in university.

Random things you want us to know about you:
I have double-jointed fingers and bow-legs.

I like sarcasm and puns.

My cat is fat.

I grew up listening to my parents' vinyl.

I am both Canadian and American.

[Lorren13]

Real name: 
Lorren

Favorite Bands: 
Coheed, TBS, Kiss

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?: 
twitter.com/lorren13

IG: lorren13

discogs.com/user/lorren13
coheedaudio.tk

 

Hobbies (outside of record collecting): 
hang out with my kids, i like to watch hockey (boston bruins) and go to games and spend time outside in the summer, i live next to a very large forest and am only 3 miles from the ocean.

Play in a band? Run a record label? Link us!:
no but i am the program director of a radio station in rhode island

Random things you want us to know about you: 
i love horror movies and was one of those weird kids that go to watch them when i was young because my mom is awesome.
 

[Claw1400]

Real Name:

Christopher, but I normally prefer to just go by Chris.

 

Favorite Bands:

Yellowcard is definitely my top band. I've seen them perform live 25 times, in 9 different states. Looking to make that 11 different states come this April. Over the past year or so though, I've been really into Park, The Swellers, and Make Do And Mend. They're all definitely my top four.

 

Check out my Last.fm account if you want to know more!

 

What's your Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr etc.?:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Tumblr
• Deadformat

Hobbies (outside of record collecting):

Not really, honestly. I used to play piano a little bit here and there, but over the years that's faded. If anything, I guess you could say I travel a lot for shows and concerts? I mentioned that above when talking about my favorite bands a little bit. So I guess traveling in general has become a hobby of mine over the years, really. I work full time, and I'm currently enrolled in college full time, so it's hard to make time for it sometimes though. I love watching sports too. Die hard Philadelphia sports fan. Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and Sixers all the way!

 

Random things you want us to know about you:

Something random? Uh...well, since this is a vinyl community, I guess saying I'm one test pressing away from completing my full Yellowcard vinyl collection? Can't really think of anything else to fill this spot with, haha. But you can check out a picture of that Yellowcard collection, HERE.