NEMHOF Team

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(VJ/ Journalist)
       

Vikki Vine is an author, a Transgender rights activist, a adult film star and has been

recently welcomed into the NEMHOF family as a journalist. Her book “Pre -Op Trans

Female sex Positions” is the first publication of its kind demonstrating the commonalities

between all sexually active genders. Her website www.vikkivine.com is an excellent

resource for her community and allies alike. Vikki spent her childhood following the

band known as the Grateful Dead around the United States and as a result she has

visited forty six states and has seen several hundred big stage production concerts.

Vikki has seen performances by the late James Brown, The Pretenders and

Motorhead. Vikki spent several years arguing with the AZ medical board for the patients’

rights to identify as the gender that suits their identity and to be addressed with the pro

nouns accordingly. Vikki is a survivor of a brutal hate crime that was intended to end her

life. She is well aware of the discrimination that befalls a marginalized community such

as the transgender community. Vikki has turned her trauma into a beacon of light, and

she is dedicated to preventing others from ever having to experience the hatred she

faced on that horrific day. Vikki Vines book “Pre-Op Trans Female Sex Positions” is a

revolutionary book that showcases the Trans Female identity through a common lens of

sexual gratification. It is her hope that the circulation of her book will help prevent

unnecessary hate driven crimes directed at the transgender community.

(Reporter/ VJ/ Broadcast Journalist)

Born in Detroit in 1961, the 5th child of a Detroit Police Officer & a stay at home Mom, who would ultimately have 8 kids,,,6 boys 2 girls, all close in age to each other. We grew up in a tight knit neighborhood with many big families in every house, many who attended the same catholic school as my siblings and I. From my first memories, there was music in the house, on the radio, in the car, being played on the turntable, or on tv shows like Ed Sullivan. My Mom was a huge music fan and I was reared on Elvis, Tom Jones, The Everly Brothers, Motown music, and as a preteen it was my older brothers blasting out the MC5, Slade, The Rolling Stones, and of course the Beatles, and more....which my mom loved!.

My teenage years were spent attending as many concerts as I could, seeing a live show at least once a week. With each passing year, getting a car and being able to enter the clubs, my obsession with seeing live music became stronger. I wanted to be in a band, but I was never able to pick up on being able to play guitar or piano, or sing on key, although I tried lessons several times in high school and at a community center. My friends and I figured out ways to find where the bands were staying when they came to town, or by hanging outside the backstage door....hoping to meet them, and I always had questions about how they came up with a song, what did the cover photo mean, etc. As luck would have it I have met hundreds of my musical heroes over the years, my proudest rock star meeting was with my idol Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame in 1985. 

The travel bug got me when I took my first flight ever, to Hawaii for my senior trip. From then on I would travel to visit friends who moved out of state, or drive to other cities to catch bands play.  In 1985 at age 24 I decided to move to San Diego, after my best friend moved there. I spent one year there, then one year in Boulder Colorado with other friends, settling back in L.A. in 1987 until 1996. I moved to Seattle after L.A. and remained there until 2004, when I moved to Las Vegas for 4 years. I had been laid off from my hotel job as a housekeeping department manager after 9/11 and the temp job scene was too unpredictable, hoping for hotel work on the strip. 

Disillusioned with the scene there, I moved back home to Michigan in the metro Detroit area of Farmington Hills at the end of 2008. My mom was aging, I had little nieces and nephews and I missed all my many cousins and lifelong friends. I spent most of my life doing physical jobs, hotel work and many years as a live in nanny, being resourceful in the bad economy of the time, I juggled several part time jobs for almost 2 years until starting my own self employment business of house cleaning/organizing/pet sitting/party planning, that I do to this day.

I continue to travel as much as possible, either road trip by car, or fly. Been to all but 5 states, as well as Mexico, Canada, Ireland, England & Iceland. I am still obsessed with seeing live shows, buying music, be it CD, LP's, or from bandcamp, and filling my brain with musical knowledge. I never married or had kids, I wanted nothing to stand in the way of doing what I want to do in this life. I am fiercely independent, high energy, refuse to get old, and love to go where the action is. My last name is hard to pronounce or remember, so when meeting someone new, or a rock star or roadie I always said I'm Debbie from Detroit. It almost became like my last name. In recent years my musician friend Mach Bell in Boston would refer to me as Detroit Debbie, sounded better, so that is what many people know me as....no last name needed.

(Reporter)

 Ivana is a multitalented Indian-born entertainer, educator, and journalist.  She has had various international film and TV appearances. Ivana has also  worked in theatre.  Ivana is a reporter for NEMHOF News.
EDUCATION:  MBA Healthcare (Long Island University) , MS IT Management (Campbellsville University) , MBA, (New England College)

ROLE: President of Education Dept, NEMHOF News Reporter

(Reporter)

Paul Gabriel  is a Blues Music Award nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter. In March 2018 Paul Gabriel was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Connecticut Blues Society for excellence in guitar playing, singing and songwriting; also for outstanding bandleader and entertainer. In July 2018 he was inducted into the CT Blues Hall Of Fame as a Master Blues Artist, in 2020 he was inducted into the New England Music Hall Of Fame for his musical contributions to the music business over fifty year's.  New England's first triple crown hall of famer. Websitehttps://www.paulgabriel.net/   

(Columnist)

Evan Ginzburg is a published author and was an Associate Producer on the Oscar-nominated movie The Wrestler and acclaimed documentary 350 Days. He is a 30-plus-year film, radio, and TV veteran, has been an NYC club booker, and is a voice-over actor on the radiodrama Kings of the Ring. In addition, he is the Senior Editor for Pro Wrestling Stories. Read his blog at www.evanginzburg.com. He can be reached on Twitter @evan_ginzburg, or by e-mail at evan_ginzburg@yahoo.com.