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David

Look *that* up in your Funk and Wagnalls!

About Me

Let's see, let's see, all about me me me... Well, I'm lost in time, that's for sure. I live in a pocket of 1920's and 30's culture, where I'm really quite happy, thank you very much. My ukulele is my musical soul mate. I sing Vaudeville, croon tunes from the 10's, 20's and 30's. Love to listen to 78's on my wind-up Victrola.I do lots of things with computers that wouldn't have been possible pre-1990's, so I guess I always have to ride my time machine back to modern day. I'm a graphic designer / web designer / programmer / animator / filmmaker... You can visit my own site: Man of Many HatsOh, I also love to cook. One of these days I'll put up some nice recipes on that site of mine.

What horrible Edward Gorey Death will you die?

You will drink too much gin. Not the worst way to
die, but you won't remember too much of your
life. Hey, at least you made some people
laugh!

My Interests

Music:

Cliff Edwards, Benny Nawahi, Gus Van & Joe Schenck, Nick Lucas, Fred Astaire, The Dixie Jug Blowers, Annette Hanshaw, John Kirby, The Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots, Hoagy Carmichael, Fats Waller, Art Tatum, The Georgia Jumpers, Raymond Scott, Phil Harris ...Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys, The Beau Hunks, Palast Orchester mit Max Raabe, Tom Lehrer, Spike Jones ...Ruben Gonzalez, Andre Popp, Astor Piazzola, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk ...The Divine Comedy, Goldfrapp, Portishead, The Cardigans, Björk, Tom Waits ...These voices of the future seem so distant to me now.

Movies:

Monsieur Houlot's Holiday, Mon Oncle, The Kid Brother, Dr Strangelove, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...
I just saw a great film at the Egyptian: "Twentieth Century" made in 1934, with Carole Lombard and Lionel Barrymore, directed by Howard Hawks. Fantastic! I laughed out loud more times than I can remember. The other night, I re-watched "The Fortune Cookie" with Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau, directed by Billy Wilder, another of my all-time favorite directors. Very funny film--my father and I had a debate going over whether it's a comedy or a drama. I said it was a comedy, but in the end had to concede that it's just a very funny drama with a lot of great and goofy characters.

Television:

Don't watch TV! Ha!