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Travis

Wherever I go, I find a poet has been there before me." -Freud

About Me



To Quote my favorite Musical RENT:
To days of inspiration, Playing hookey, making something Out of nothing, the need To express- To communicate, To going against the grain, Going insane, Going mad
To loving tension, no pension To more than one dimension, To starving for attention, Hating convention, hating pretension, Not to mention of course, Hating dear old mom and dad
To riding your bike Midday past the three piece suits- To fruits- To no absolutes- To Absolut- To choice- To the Village Voice- To any passing fad
To being an us- For once- Instead of a them-
___________________________________________________________I am an artist, actor, performer, director and freak of all sorts. I've appeared as a "performance artist" in clubs, alleys, street corners and festivals throughout California. I have performed with the Knightsbridge Theater Company, Dream Circus Theater Co., Chakra Explorers, A Queer Exchange, Corpus Delicti Butoh Performance Lab, and Gathering of the Tribes where I also served as Talent Coordinator.
I love reading and writing children's books.
Previously I worked in Television Production as an Associate Producer/ Talent Coordinator on shows for FX, NBC, and TV Guide Channel. I currently work for a performing arts theatre company in Los Angeles.
I once thought i knew what my dreams were. But Now I'm lost again like most of the world.

My Interests


THEATER, FREAKS, FULL MOON, Performance Art, BUTOH, Dharma Punx
Matthew Bourne Dancers
Hugh Jackman

I'd like to meet:


Performance Artists and other Theater Freaks for collaborative endeavors.

Music:


Throwing Muses

PIXIES, The Dresden Dolls, Cyndi Lauper, Throwing Muses, The Breeders, Imogen Heap, His Name Is Alive, Decemberists, R.E.M., Interpol, Kate Bush, Nina Simone, Frou Frou, 4AD, Johnny Cash, Damien Rice, Alexi Murdoch, The Sundays, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Kristen Hersh, Belly, Saint Etienne, Coldplay, belle & sebastian, blur, tori amos, Sigur Ros, Odetta, autour de lucie, Rufus Wainwright, Hedwig, Dead Can Dance, Diamanda Galas, Klaus Nomi, Leigh Bowery, Christian Death, PJ Harvey, iron & wine, irving, Black Waltz, A for Attack, Antony and the Johnsons, Bonfire Madigan, French Pop Rocks My World! I've been a Goth, Punk, Rude Boy, Rocker, etc. Whatever!
Cyndi & Me

Movies:


Starstruck (1982), SHORTBUS, La Strada, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains", My Own Private Idaho, Spirited Away, East Of Eden, Edward II, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, anything directed by Derek Jarman, Hairspray, The Brave Little Toaster, Fame, Queen of Outer Space, TANK GIRL, Iron Giant, SWOON, etc.

Television:


True Blood, Dexter, ROME, WEEDS, Freaks & Geeks, The New Battlestar Galactica, NINJA WARRIOR, Cartoon Network, Samurai Jack, The Simpsons, The Jetsons, Dark Shadows, Reality TV Whore: American Idol, America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, Big Brother

Books:

CURRENTLY READING: Howl's Moving Castle; Dharma Punx by Noah Levine; I Celebrate Myself: the somewhat private life of Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg Collected Poems, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, WAS by Geoff Ryman, QUEER by William Burroughs, Damien by Hermann Hesse, The Great Gatsby, Jean Genet: The Maids, The Balcony, The Thiefs Journal, Anne Rice: The Vampire Chronicles, Artemis Fowl series, Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series, anything by Charles Dickens, Alice In Wonderland, Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

Heroes:

Cyndi Lauper, Derek Jarman, James Dean, Allen Ginsberg

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My Blog

Fucking Doomed! a poem

Fuck!Damn!Shit!Piss!I thought i knew what i was doing. I thought i was on the right path.I've let Math beat me.I've called it quits.Perhaps I'll join a circus instead.Or perhaps art school in san fran...
Posted by Travis on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:55:00 PST

Shoes: a poem in three sentences

I need a new pair of shoes. A pair that fits. A pair that i didn't buy at fucking Payless.
Posted by Travis on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:30:00 PST

Star F_cker

I had another celebrity run-in today. Laurence Fishburne!!! ... and he even remembered my name! WTF?! Awesome. I’m on cloud 9!!!!! I don’t even know why. he’s just a person. A very f...
Posted by Travis on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:36:00 PST

Dear American Idol

Dear American Idol,What's happened to you? We seem to be drifting apart. Back in the days of Kelly Clarkson, (the only true talent you've ever had on the show), we had a passionate affair. But over th...
Posted by Travis on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:29:00 PST

SPIT!

originally written and posted May 3, 2006. Reposted due to popularity (heehee). Warning! The following blog is intended for mature readers only. Consider yourself warned.  SPIT!  Today I keep spittin...
Posted by Travis on Thu, 04 May 2006 07:01:00 PST

The Incident with the Can

I'm waiting for the bus after work chatting with a coworker.Suddenly I feel the pain of a full "Energy Drink" soda can hit my right shoulder as a car speeds away. I pause.My coworker screams, "What th...
Posted by Travis on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:24:00 PST

More Mamet and Threesomes Please!

MORE MAMETMy acting teacher assigned us to pick our own scenes for the class. He had many rules attached to this request. As he was taking questions from the class I debated whether or not to ask a qu...
Posted by Travis on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:34:00 PST

Die GREENPEACE Die!

I am so tired of being attacked by Greenpeace when entering or leaving my grocery store! "Do you have time for the environment?" If you say no, they attack you. "You don't have time for the envi...
Posted by Travis on Thu, 17 May 2007 07:50:00 PST

Hippie Crap!

Why be anti-war when you could be pro-Peace?! Resistance creates resistance! I'm kinda cynical and believe that there will never be "peace on earth". But why be against something when you can be for ...
Posted by Travis on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:20:00 PST

David Mamet, Straight Guys, and Theater

A Rant for my acting class!Why do straight white guys taking an acting class always try to tackle David Mamet's "American Buffalo"?I can't even count how many times I've seen "straight theater guys" f...
Posted by Travis on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:47:00 PST