Gender: Male
Sign: Gemini
Current Zip: 94117
Tagline: "The Art world can be absolutely anything. The only thing the Art world does need is people to lead it beyond its parameters." -Jeff Koons, Contemporary Artist
Favorite Bands:
Matthew Herbert, Miles Davis, Jill Scott, Dee-lite, Jamie Lidell, Gilles Peterson, Joss Stone, Roisin Murphy, The Beatles, The Posies, The Zombies, Al Green, Sly and the Family Stone, Jellyfish, John Coltrane, Soft Machine, Roland Kirk, David Bowie, Blondie, Nina Simone, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, ELO, The Descendents, Saccharine Trust, Meat Puppets, Black Flag, Jazzanova, Koop, Gilles Peterson, James Brown, D'Angelo, The Damned, The Stranglers, The Buzzcocks, The Knack, Zumpano, From Bubblegum to Sky, Supergrass, Erykah Badu, Supergrass, Rachel Sweet, Nick Lowe, The Knack, Big Star, Todd Rundgren, CRASS, The Smiths, The Jam, Prince, Madness, The Specials, Matthew Sweet, Sloan, Elliott Smith, Badly Drawn Boy, Tiny Tim, Marisa Monte, Can, Nicola Conte, The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds, Wild Honey), Veruca Salt, Carl Craig, Elton John (70's), Talking Heads, Brian Eno, The Clash, Minutemen. Dinosaur Jr, Steely Dan, Silver Sun, The 88
Favorite Films:
Le Trou, All About Lily Chou Chou, Los Olvidados, The Wizard of Oz, My Man Godfrey, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, My Best Fiend, Rope, Dial M for Murder, North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove, Eyes Wide Shut, Lord of the Flies, The Exorcist, Christine, Assault on Precinct 13, all Laurel & Hardy Films, Stranger than Paradise, Down by Law, The River, Kiss Me Deadly, Film Noir, French New Wave, The Tenant, Rosmary's Baby, Citizen Kane, Bride of Frankenstein, King Kong, Fantasia 1 & 2, The Eel, Vengeance is Mine, In Cold Blood, Warner Brothers Cartoons, Disney Animation, Warhol and New York documentaries by Ric Burns, Salesman, Nick Broomfield documentaries, Herzog Documentaries, Shirley Temple Films, Marx Brothers Films, Breathless, Weekend, Pedro Amaldovar Films, Winged Migration, To Kill a Mockingbird, Escape from Alcatraz, The Fog, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, South Park: The Movie, Escape from New York, Nature Documentaries (any), Charlie Chaplin Films, Magnum Force, The Cable Guy, Night of the Living Dead , Jerry Lewis Films, Boy, Did I Get The Wrong Number?!, Man with the X-Ray Eyes, Sunset Boulevard, A Hard Day's Night, Film Noir, The Wild Bunch, Two-Lane Blacktop, Warren Oates anything
Favorite Books:
The Information and London Fields by Martin Amis, Cosmopolis and Underworld by Don Delillo, Great Apes by Will Self, Glam-o-Rama, America Psycho, and Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis, Trainspotting and Filth by Irvine Welsh, my old worn hardback Webster's Dictionary, my coverless tattered book by Edward Lear from my childhood, pop-up books
Favorite TV Shows:
The Andy Griffith Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Get Smart, South Park, The Office, Antique's Roadshow, I Love Lucy, Gumby, Dragnet, Bewitched (Dick York era)
Favorite Hang Outs:
New York, Los Angeles
Favorite Artists:
Tim Hawkinson, Andy Warhol, Mona Hatoum, Rebecca Horn, Constantin Brancusi, Egon Schiele, German Expressionists, DADA Artists, Jess, Robert Longo, Jeff Koons
Affiliations:
COCA Center for Outdoor Contemporary Art
Heroes:
Miles Davis, Pablo Picasso, Lucille Ball and Ricky Ricardo, Ernie Kovacs, Art Clokey, Salvador Dali, Oscar Wilde
5 Items I Can't Live Without:
Contemporary Art, home-cooked food, authentic connectivity, books, humor
