In lieu of forcing myself to write something today that I’m not at all enthusiastic about, which is damned near everything, I decided to give a little primer on who I am. I probably should have made this my first post, but I have never been one to get things done in the proper sequence. Odds are, if you’re reading this, you already know quite well who your Humble Scribe is, but my days in radio taught me there are new audiences tuning in every second. Let’s reset. Hi. I’m Devin.
I’m a video editor, voice actor, streaming producer, and creative consultant. I used to be a lot more than that, but the last couple of years have been composed of oodles of chaotic upheaval for me.
I’m working on figuring out who I am now, and it’s a messy process. I can’t truly reinvent myself, because I kind of don’t want to. Two-thirds of me is really okay. Maybe three-quarters. The ratio shifts. However, I do know I have a lot of faults. Flaws. I will never become the person I know I can be, if I don’t address those flaws and find ways to repair what’s broken. Stop being a schmuck. Be someone I’m actually okay with seeing in the mirror.
I’ve lived in Texas most of my life, but did move around a lot in my teens and twenties. Colorado, New Jersey, Missouri, Rhode Island. Each time I moved away, I realized how much I miss Texas. There are a lot of reasons to dislike the state of the state: a governor and legislature who have systematically stripped away rights and livelihoods for so many of its residents. A voting populace who seem more than eager to keep empowering them to do so. Doesn’t mean I won’t continue to be a little blue dot, working in concert with other blue dots, striving to make Texas mean “friends” again.
For the better part of three decades, I have written about music, film and television for a bunch of different local and national outlets. I mostly abandoned the trade as a full-time undertaking when online entertainment press became a gulag. I’ll still wax on about stuff I’m watching or listening to, when I feel like I’m adding something to the conversation. (At least you, Dear Reader, can know I understand great movies existed before 1977.)
As for this Substack, I’ll likely keep doing what I’ve always done: intersperse posts of what I find cool and/or noteworthy with raw looks at my “rebuilding” process.
I’m glad to have you along for the ride. Lemme know what you think, and what you want to see more (or less) of along the way.