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William

shiftlessbody

About Me



I directed IS IT REALLY SO STRANGE? a documentary about the current generation of Morrissey and Smiths fans. I worked on it for about two years, and it includes lots of interviews with colorful figures in the scene. It has recently been released on DVD. To see a trailer, CLICK HERE.

To hear my NPR interview about the film, CLICK HERE.

To buy a DVD of IS IT REALLY SO STRANGE? CLICK HERE.

Some of my latest works will be shown at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco this fall, and at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh this winter... for more details, CLICK HERE.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


I do NOT want to meet anyone whose profile reads, "I've got a lot of pics, a lot of nudes too, but nudity isn't allowed on myspace." Go away.

Music:

The Smiths, Morrissey, Sex Pistols, Roxy Music, The Fall, Can, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Pulp, Drive Like Jehu, Sparks, X, Magazine, My Bloody Valentine, Felt, Jesus and Mary Chain, Clinic, ancient blues recordings, opera, and just about everything on "Jonesy's Jukebox"

Movies:

My recent work, “v. o.” had its premiere at the 2006 New York Video Festival. It was reviewed in the VILLAGE VOICE.

Television:

Never touch the stuff

Books:

Jacques the Fatalist, Dubliners, Eminent Victorians, The Quest for Corvo, The Crack Up, Wittgenstein's Nephew, Locus Solus, The Rings of Saturn, Time Remaining, James Schuyler, Fernando Pessoa, Oscar Wilde

Heroes:

none, thanks