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Who is Dan Martin?
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Here's where you can learn about how I became the Dan I am today. Read on to find out what made me turn out this way.

I was born in 1969 in Southfield, MI. I was raised in Livonia at the home where my folks still live. I attended Grandview Elementary and St. Michael's, as well as Clarenceville H.S. and Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts. At St. Mike's I played clarinet in the band. In high school, I sang in the choir and both performed and assistant directed musical theatre at Clarenceville's Louis E.Schmidt Auditorium.

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In high school I had a band called "The Third Half." After I moved away I worked in radio in Rogers City, Gaylord, Tawas City, Ashtabula, OH, Lansing, Saginaw, Detroit, and Howell. I am a DAD, a husband, and I am the News Director at TalkRadio 1600 WAAM in Ann Arbor.  You can hear me do the news Monday through Saturday.

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Young Dan and his dog, Benji.

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Dan mugs for the camera with Count Scary (WOMC's Tom Ryan)

My Favorites:

Favorite Films: Amelie, Back To The Future, Standing In The Shadows of Motown, Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8, Star Wars IV: A New Hope, A Very Long Engagement, Goldfinger, Goldeneye, From Russia With Love, Red Dragon, Silence of The Lambs, Hannibal, Happy Go Lucky, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Legally Blonde, Children of Men, To Sir With Love, Mr. Roberts, Forrest Gump, Casablanca, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II, Walk The Line, Juno, Iron Man, and the Harry Potter films!

Favorite Music: MOTOWN (The Funk Brothers), The Beatles, eighties, Johnny Cash, Melanie C., The Spice Girls, Mozart, Metallica, Nat "King" Cole, Peter Frampton, Yo Yo Ma, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, J.S. Bach, VNV Nation, Combichrist, Rotersand, Ladytron, Billie Piper, Alex Winston, She & Him, John Barrowman, David Byrne, many eighties popsters, and the soundtracks to Walk The Line, Amelie, Silence of The Lambs, Star Wars,  and Run Lola Run. 

Favorite Artists: Van Gogh, Munsch, Degas, and Katie Cook.

Favorite TV shows: Torchwood, Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Stargate SG1, Bones, Life On Mars, Veronica Mars, Vicar of Dibley, Friends, Kyle XY, Brady Bunch, Star Trek: TOS, TNG, and VOY, The Big Bang Theory, Dick Van Dyke Show, General Hospital, Ultra Man, AND How I Met Your Mother.
 
Favorite Places to Visit: London, Inverness, Liverpool, San Francisco, Brooklyn NY, Quebec, Tawas City, East Tawas, Rogers City, Niagara Falls, Mackinac Island.
 
Favorite Passtimes/Hobbies: Photography, blogging, playing with my cats and my kids, dancing, reading, viewing art, traveling, organizing and listening to music on my Mp3 player, and trying different pizza places, which I feature on my pizza website!

The Third Half.

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Robert, Jim, C'ville Sesquicentennial, The band, Chris-Dave-Dan, Dan & Dave.

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Dan & Chris play "Fight for your Right"

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Dan and Jim at The Louis E. Schmidt

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Dan and Chris at the Clarenceville sesquicentennial

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From the "I won't give up on You" video