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Some quick groundskeeping…
Mike V & The Rats are back! We will be joining The Aquabats and The Koffin Kats on this summer’s Bats! Kats & Rats Tour! See all the upcoming tour dates here. Listen to this Audio Companion (player above) for more details.
Watch my Welcome Video here, and check out these previous posts:
The first episode of our Live Show, Still Pushing, about how Ann and I met and started dating.
Happy which is about this new season of my life.
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Topics covered:
How all my work aspires to human connection.
Mike V & The Rats are back!
The Bats! Kats & Rats Tour.
Follow @mikevandtherats on Instagram.
How during the World Industries era I did some of my best work.
How I got the nickname Boy V!
The importance of Rodney Smith in my life.
What the Boy V! Archive is.
Working with Rob Wallace.
Parrot Girl—my first-ever published poem.
Traveling to Scandinavia with Jason Lee.
Recently talking to Jason Lee on the phone.
How I trashed most of my early, unpublished writings before my daughter Emily was born.
How I was a touring veteran by 1989.
What I believe professional skateboarding is.
Let’s hang out on the Bats! Kats & Rats Tour this summer.
How I’ll be talking about The Hangover movies on this week’s episode of Still Pushing.
Thanks for listening!
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