#VIDEOINTERVIEW

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF NEW VIDEO INTERVIEWS FOR THE #QUIETLYKILLINGIT BLOG BY VIDEOGRAPHER PAT FLAHERTY.  SO A LITTLE BACK STORY ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS VIDEO:   THE VERY FIRST SCENE WHERE I WALK UP TO HIM IN THE BEGINNING IS ACTUALLY WHERE I SPOKE TO HIM AND MET HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME.  NONE OF THIS INTERVIEW WAS PLANNED IN ANY WAY, BUT I DID ASK HIM AFTER THE FIRST SCENE IF IT WAS COOL IF I RECORDED AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM.  HE WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE ON CAMERA.  I HAD SEEN THIS GUY A FEW OTHER TIMES OUT NEAR OUR WAREHOUSE SPACE IN THE HAMILTON ROAD AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.  I WAS AWARE OF HIS EXISTANCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME BECAUSE I HAD SEEN ANOTHER SHORT YOUTUBE PIECE THAT WAS DONE BY THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH NEWSPAPER A FEW YEARS AGO.  IT SHOWS HIM JAMMING OUT WITH HIS EIGHTY’S BOOM BOX OVER HIS SHOULDER ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY ENTRANCE AREA OFF OF HAMILTON ROAD.  APARENTLY HE DOES IT ALL THE TIME AND HE HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A STRANGE LOCAL CELEBRITY IN THE AREA AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO PASS BY HIM OFTEN.  SO I HAPPENED TO HAVE MY CAMERA ON ME, AND WE ALSO HAPPENED TO BE IN THE SAME THRIFT SHOP WHERE HE WAS LURKING THAT DAY.   IT SEEMED TO ME THAT HE LURKS THAT THRIFT QUITE OFTEN, AND NOW I SEE WHY.  IT IS A SMALL WINDOW INTO THE WORLD THAT HE NOT ONLY HANGS ONTO, BUT APARENTLY SEEMS TO TRULY BELIEVE THAT HE NEVER LEFT.  I’M NOT THE TYPE TO EVER BELITTLE ANYONE OR JUDGE THEM, SO PLEASE DON’T THINK THAT THIS INTERVIEW WAS ABOUT THAT.  THE HONEST TRUTH IS THAT I WAS GENUINELY INTERESTED IN WHO THIS GUY WAS AND WHAT HE WAS ABOUT.  I LEFT THAT DAY ACTUALLY QUITE STOKED TO HAVE SHARED HIS WORLD WITH HIM FOR A BIT AND TO LEARN ABOUT HOW HE LIVES.  TO ME THERE ARE A LOT WORSE THINGS A PERSON CAN BE THAN SOMEONE WHO HOLDS ON TO SOMETHING THAT THEY LOVE.  I FOUND MYSELF SLIGHTLY NOSTALGIC AS WELL, BECAUSE I TOO AM AN 80’S KID.  IT MADE ME WANT TO GO AND GRAB MY 80’S SKATEBOARD AND SHRED IT UP WITH MY HOMIES.  IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THAT THIS GUY IS FOR REAL, ALL I WOULD SUGGEST IS TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE BEGINNING PART WHERE I WAS WALKING UP TO HIM.. NOTICE HIS HAND BEHIND HIS BACK WITH HIS FINGERS CROSSED EXACTLY LIKE THE COVER OF THE LOVERBOY VINYL RECORD ALBUM HE WAS LOOKING AT.   THIS GUY LIVES IT AND HE IS GENUINELY STOKED TO THE MAX ON LIFE!  ENJOY.

- @PATFLAH3RTY