Between being an ex-owner of Fueled by Ramen, owner and operator of Paper + Plastick, member of internationally successful ska-punk legends Less Than Jake and a toy maker with his Wunderland War toy imprint, it's hard to believe he has time on his plate for anything else.
However, he is always expanding his horizons with new and exciting creative ventures. Recently Vinnie decided to eschew shaving and start writing. "Sometimes Robots Like Being Robots" is his first foray into the world of publishing outside of penning lyrics for Less Than Jake. It is a children's book functioning as an open letter to his first love: robots. Fascinated by the mechanical characters from an early age, a collection of them sit atop a tall shelf in his office, looming over him as he toils and schemes his next creative venture.
As he has gotten older, the idea of robots has become a little deeper to him than the buzzes and beeps that originally caught his attention. The stories slid around in his head and out of his hands as he traveled from coast to coast. He quickly jotted them down on napkins and in notebooks. These stories are international, written in airplanes and scripted in bumpy taxis across the world. "Sometimes Robots Like Being Robots" was illustrated by Eric Davison (responsible for Less Than Jake's "Anthem" cover as well as a good deal of their touring merchandise). To celebrate the release, Vinnie's friends in This is my Suitcase took one of the 13 stories encapsulated in the book and put it to music.
