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ABOUT ME:Ex New Yorker, Ex screenwriter, ex husband, ex Garage-punk bassist, ex journalist, ex music critic, ex English-As-A-Second-Language teacher, ex snob, ex extravert, ex United Nations worker drone, ex minister, ex liontamer (Just seeing if ya caught that one), ex world traveler, ex troubadour, ex galloping gourmet living now in an almost dry town where everything is fried in lard, ex and etc....
The following is a mouthful, but I'm catching up with old friends (and making new ones), so I don't have to replay the same story...
I was born on Long Island, but, please don't hold that against me. I went to NYU film school and lived many years in NYC and Hoboken, NJ. Played in the NY garage bands, Stinky and the Skunks(with members of the Optic Nerve and Tryfles)& The House Pets You can hear them at(www.myspace.com/thehousepets.)
Had a fanzine in college called Trashbeat. Later had paying gigs with Request Magazine (Sam Goody's magazine) and The Bob (A Boston Rock mag). Taught English in Barcelona, Spain. Worked for a chain of international language schools. Imported art for a while from the Former Soviet Union (Played on stage with a band in Moscow and taught them "Louie, Louie.". Married a Parisian beauty (We're since divorced), so was often in France. In the 90s, I optioned a few film scripts (The Bee Keeper's Tango and W.P. Pullet, Childtamer) to Disney and the guys who did "Ray". Repped by CAA, so I made some nice moneys during that Hollywood run. In 1994, I got bit by a tick and pretty much lost everything. During that tough time, I worked at the United Nations and had an awful stint on Wall Street. Now, there's a new chapter.
Moved from NYC to rural GA while recovering from that long illness. Like Eddie Arnold in Green Acres, I left the big city to many surreal adventures down south. People who knew me then would be surprised to learn that I became a minister for a while down here. Performed the wedding of Evan and Linda of Muck and The Mires last year in New Orleans. That was my first and last. I have kinda left that calling (as a fulltime job at least) and am now dealing with rare books on the internet. Also designing and optimizing websites. I'll give the blog I set up for my Lyme Doctor a free plug -- www.covenanthealthclinic.info
Although dead to Hollywood after all this time, I have recently sold a low budget script about Rock Critic hero, Lester Bangs (with old buddy, Jim Dero of the Chicago Sun Times) and hope to one day claw my way back on top. Our director, Rick Caine, just did that Michael Moore documentary, "Manufacturing Discontent". Catch it!I spent a lot of time in the trenches of disease so health and wellness is still a topic of fascination.
Although I dig talking theology, I kinda do like that old, small talk and inane discussions about one-hit-wonder bands and trashy flicks. Although talkin' politics around here is taboo, I'm all for it!
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