About
So people keep dropping us messages asking what are we and when are you going to be seeing stuff from us. Well have no fear becuase I’m here to answer all the burning questions.
It all started a few months back when Dan Jones and myself (Mikey Neilson) were nerding out about movies, video games, comic books, and everything else under the sun. After what was probably hours Dan said to me, “Dude, we should totally do a podcast.” I laughed at the idea. I thought it would be fun, but who would want to watch a bunch of Kevin Smith look a likes talk about nerdy crap for an hour? If you’re reading this then I was obviously in the wrong.
Months passed and nothing happened but every time I saw Dan he would always bring it up. Finally a few weeks ago I said enough was enough and it was damn time to get this thing rolling. I told Dan that if we’re going to do this we’re going to be doing it right. We need a website, a myspace, a facebook, a ustream, and (god forbid) a twitter. We needed this to be a real site where we could involve a real community. Dan was in agreement.
But how could we do this by ourselves? I mean we’re both a little lazy, busy with our lives and other projects. We needed a third. I approached our mutual friend, Brandon Wolfe who I know to be a movie nerd and an all around loser. He was instantly interested. He also brought with him a child like energy and the most sincere optimism I’ve ever witnessed. After we had Brandon onboard, we quickly realized that in order to make the video podcast and short films we wanted, we would need to seek out someone with experience in video editing, effects and a deep sense of nerdiness. This is where Cole entered the scene. We found him via Brandon, and after a short viewing of his more than nerdy credentials, he was fixed into the group, and the Chronicles of the Nerds was born.
So we met for the first time on Sept 27th, 2009 at Stumptown Coffee with the intent of really nailing what we wanted to give you guys. This is what we came up with:
-We want weekly podcasts with a video and audio option. Now this is going to be different then your regular podcast. What we want to do is open our doors to everyone. If you want to be on the podcast or just hang out with us, let us know and if we’re not to crowded we’ll let you come over and be a part of the fun.
-We want to set up inverviews and do reports on nerd related things. If someone cool comes through Portland we want to be there and get some cool content for you guys on everything from music, movies, TV, games, etc. We want to give you the stuff you actually want to see.
-We want to make videos. Some original shorts or movie parodies just to make you laugh.
-We want to review and talk about new nerd things like movies, games, comics, music, etc.
-We want a strong forum community where you really get to have a voice and contribute to our bad ass culture.
-We want to plan events for our people like parties, concerts, movie screenings, etc.
-We want to make cool merch like t-Shirts, buttons, and whatever else you’d want us to make.
-And finally, we want your ideas of how to make this the place what you want it to be. So we really want feedback so we can make this the home you’d want to go to.
So Dan’s a music, video game, and movie nerd. He’s good with photography and technology. Cole is our resident “celebrity”. He has a vastly popular YouTube account. We mainly exploit him for his skills with film, effects and editing. I (Mikey) am a comic, movie, music, and video game nerd that’s into creative writing and spending to much time on the internet. Six months after the launch of the website we lost Brandon, he decided to take his life and ideas in a different direction. We are all still close friends with him and support his endeavors.
Chronicles of the Nerds is run by Dan, Cole, and myself, but it’s really about you guys. It’s about what we do on a daily basis. It’s about the things we enjoy and love. It’s about a community represented by nerds and for nerds where we can be ourself and love each other for it. I can’t stress this enough though, we want you guys involved so if you have questions, suggestions, comments, naked pictures, etc, feel free to hit us up and let your voice be heard.
Dan Jones
dan@chroniclesofthenerds.com
Mikey Neilson
mikey@chroniclesofthenerds.com
Cole Dixon
Cole@chroniclesofthenerds.com
Mikey for the Nerds.
