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About Me

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So you wanna know a bit about me? Well it all started in Europe where I was born, Germany to be exact. I lived and traveled Europe for about 14 years. Being in Germany I developed a fascination for WW2 and Nazi Germany. I don't believe in the idiology but the history is very apparent. We moved back to the states in '86. This is when I started skateboarding. We moved to Texas where I lived in Corpus Christi until I moved to Dallas in '99.Ever since I was young I admired art, architecture and design. As a kid my parents had peel me away from my bmx bike just to get me near a museum. I quickly learned to appreciate art and its different mediums. Living in Europe I was fortunate enough to see some incredible art in some of the most beautiful countries. I'm also into all aspects of mid-century modern design...homes, buildings, art, vehicles and clothing.
Everything I do takes second place to hanging out with my wife and baby. That's the most fun for me. Otherwise, I spend time practicing with my band Headlights for Eyes , skateboarding and riding my Vespa with a crew of hooligans and hellions.. Get Bent Scooter Club!

My Interests

Architecture, art, Scandinavian glass, interior design, guns, large suv's, cinema, my silly fast 1964 and 1965 Vespa, drums, skateboarding and stealing people's mail.

I'd like to meet:

These are not people i'd necessarily want to meet but people I find inspiring. Most of them are already dead anyway.
MUSICIANS
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Buddy Rich, Keith Moon, George Hurley. DESIGNERS/ARCHITECTS
Art Vandelay, Albert Speer, John Lautner, Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Alexander Calder, Verner Panton, Ray and Charles Eames, Arne Jacobsen, Eero Aarnio, George Nelson, Erik Hoglund, Michael and Francis Higgins, Alexander Girard, Pierre Koenig, Joseph Eichler, Philip Johnson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Per Lutken, Joe Colombo, Warren Platner, Timo Sarpaneva, Aalvar Aalto, Richard Schultz, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, E. Fay Jones, Richard Neutra, Louis I. Kahn, Frank Gehry, Oscar Niemeyer, Todao Ando, Richard Meier, Michael Graves, Arthur Erickson, Peter Eisenman .

Music:

My Band...Headlights for Eyes, Beatles, Hey Mercedes, fIREHOSE, The City on Film, Burning Airlines, Dinosaur Jr., Pail Head, Low HiFi, Descendents, Hot Water Music, The Draft, Doughboys, Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, Carpe Wade, All Systems Go!, The Backyardigans, The Wiggles, The Sea and Cake, Anything Scott Reynolds does, Southern Death Cult, Jeff Buckley, Rival Schools, Scrimmage Heroes, Samiam, Big Drill Car, Down By Law, Asylum Street Spankers, New York Ska Jazz Ensemble, Hepcat, The Jam, The Movement, all rock steady/traditional ska, The Clash, Stone Roses, ELO, Wings, Steely Dan, The Who, Rolling Stones, Oingo Boingo, The Vapors, Billy Idol, The Animals, The Association, The Buckinghams, Herb Alpert, Martin Denny, Les Baxter, Henry Mancini,

Movies:

Eternal Gaze, The Party, Amelie, Clockwork Orange, Fathom, Quadrophenia, Our Man Flint and In Like Flint, Sleeper, 24 Hour Party People, Whatever Happened to Harold Smith, Death Race 2000, Jump Tomorrow, Weird Science, Yellow Submarine, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, The Baxter, The Italian Job(1969), He Loves Me He Loves Me Not, Casino Royale(1967), Bedazzled(1967), All of the Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers, Sketches of Frank Gehry, My Architect, Perfume, Sweeney Todd.

Television:

No thanks.

Books:

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Anything by David Sedaris.

Heroes:

My hero has stolen my heart.