For the third post in my series on interesting people (inspired by Bob Goyetche) I’ve got … people I want to call your attention to.
~Tim Coyne~
True story:
I was first introduced to Tim when my friend DDR Matt told me I should check out a series of podcasts he was doing called “unkempt” where Tim talked about his life totally unfiltered. In the first show I listened to I heard Tim talking about how he was sleeping on a pilates mat because he “does not deserve a bed”. In that episode Tim outlined a litany of horrible things that had happened to him. when I heard this stuff I thought it was a joke… Like there is no way that this is really happening… because it is just to fucking tragic! I thought that if this were happening to someone for real there is NO WAY he would talk about it like this for all the world to hear. So as I listened I laughed and laughed, and laughed till my guts hurt so much I had to turn the podcast off and recover for bit.
Fast Forward a bit. I see DDR Matt and I tell him, “I listened to that Tim Coyne dude. I laughed till I hurt.”
DDR Matt says, “What? You laughed? Seriously? You know that he is like… for real.”
I think DDR Matt is totally fucking with me so I say, “Whatever dude. There is no way that he is for real.
And DDR Matt gets all serious on me and says, ”Uhm… I guess I can see why you would think that, but I’ve been talking to [Tim], and I can tell you for sure that he is 100% for real.”
“Seriously?”
“Seriously.”
Then I felt bad for laughing.
The Scoop:
To this day believe Tim Coyne is with out a doubt one of the best personalties working in new media because he’s one of those rare people who can be totally honest about himself, and do it in public, even when it doing so is completely self deprecating. In effect Tim shares personal stories, sometimes these storys make me laugh and sometimes they make want to cry (for real), but regardless of how they make me feel I know that the stories are genuine…
When Tim spoke at Podcaster Across Border in 2009 I told him that when my own life took bad turns I would que up some of his unkempt and listen to it, because they made me feel like I was not alone.
In addition to this Tim is one of the most talented storytellers, interviewers, public speakers, and stand up comedians I have ever had the pleasure to listen to.
As of this writing I’ve been lucky enough to say that I’ve meet, and hung out with, Tim on a number of different occasions. I say that because I don’t only find him interesting, I consider him a friend.
If you read this and you don’t take the time to check out Tim’s stuff you’re really missing out on something grand. Just saying.
Links:
1. Tim’s podcast: The Hollywood Podcast.
2. Tim’s IMDB page.
4. Tim Coyne on Twitter. (Tag this with #ff #followfriday)
4. Wikipedia article on Tim’s work
5. Tim’s LinkedIn Profile.
6. Tim’s got some Google juice.
