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About Me

I am a career homeless Bum living in downtown LA.Always wanted to be a bum ever since I was a teenager. It was my destiny. Reading Buddhism, Socrates, early Christianity, Jack Kerouac, Steinbeck and Bukowski books simply gave me intellectual justification for this otherwise insane bent in my brain.Grew up in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles (where "Boyz in the Hood" was filmed). Busted my leg up bad playing basketball, after which I drop out of school after the 7th grade. Realized i had a talent for writing, but little discipline to sit down and write.
Left LA when I was 22 to bum around. Was in San Fransisco traveled across the United States and into England, Netherlands, France, Spain and Morocco. (Got kicked out of Spain).
I self publish some of my writings in a book I called "Sketches of Nothing By A Complete Nobody" (I blogged a few of the stories in my book above). I originally had 300 of them printed up. I gave most of them away. Then I made ends meat by selling them on the street for $20 each. Now I sell them for $250 each to rare book collectors(I only have about 15 left). I also put on a one night play called "Masturbation Theatre Presents and Other One Act Ejaculations on Stage". I had a monthly column in a local newspaper for exactly one month. The second month the publisher objected to the word "cunt" in my story. So I changed it. But she REALLY didnt like what I changed it into. At which time our two paths were amputated (I blogged the story "Bumdog 4 Dummies).
For fun I curate art shows with my friends. The first one I did was "Barflies, Bodyparts, Bedlam and Bumdogs: A Photographic Journey Through Downtown Artist District".

I also made a feature film based on my book, I made the whole thing while living on the streets.
This is a section of the film. Its the last 7 minutes of the 30 minutes.Its basically a music Video for Bob Dylan's "Its AlrIght Ma (Im Only Bleeding)". Its not quite finished as you can see. .. width="425" height="350" ..
If you wanna see the rest of the clips click below on my friends list on "Sketches Of Nothing By A Complete Nobody"

My Interests

Reading, traveling, writing, film making and Bumming.
This doesn't have a FAVORITE ARTISTS section so Ill make one up here.
I like what I call "People Painters". Van Gogh, Millet, Caravagio, Velaquez, Goya, William Blake, early Picasso, Riberia,Rembrant, Grunwald, Edward Hopper, Manet, Kathe Kollwitz, Max Beckman, Norman Rockwell.

I'd like to meet:

"Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?" -Walt Whitman

Music:

"The silence has certain demons that only sound can chase away."
Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Chet Baker Sings, Charlie Parker,Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye,George Clinton, Gap Band, Jimi Hendrix, the first two albums by Motley Crue (although I admit four greater morons together do not exist), (The REAL) Van Halen with David Lee Roth, Iron Maiden, Ice Cube, Bon Scot's AC/DC, Led Zeppelin(the first three albums, The Doors, Robert Johnson, Geto Boys, Scarface, LL COOL J, Ice-T Public Enemy, MC Solaar, Steely Dan, Peter Gabriel, Tom Petty, Prince, Aerosmith, Rap and Hip hop in general, Johnny Cash, Talking Heads, DMX, Jay-Z, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Mamas and Papas,Dan Fagen's "Nightfly" Jim Croce, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, Soul Asylum, Beach Boys "Pet Sounds".

Movies:

M, Citizen Kane, West Side Story, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy,and Annie Hall are my top pics in terms of pure Cinema.
Charlie Chaplin (in General),Vittorio De Sica (General works), Woody Allen (in General),Hitchcock (in General),Jerry Lewis (in General),Scorsese's "Voyage Through Italy", Fellini (up to 8 1/2), Cries and Whispers,James Dean's Films, Stanley Kubrick's Lolita and Dr. Stangelove, Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Get On The Bus,Leaving las Vegas, Amadeus, Kung Fu Hustle, Bugsy Malone,Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, The Empire Strikes Back (For the brilliant lighting),Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Boogie Nights,Last Emperor,Groundhog Day,LA Story,Roxanne, Tarnation,The End, Psychotronics Video (the magazine), Carrie, Hi Mom, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, King Of Comedy,Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (have yet to get tired of seeing that movie), My Diner With Andre, Bob Hope films, The German films of Fritz Lang, American Movie, Ang Lee,Marx Bros., Hal Ashby.
Also of inspiration to me is "Celluloid Mavericks: A History of American Independent Film" by Greg Merritt, read it from beginning to end TWICE, while I was making my film.

Television:

Taxi, Twilight Zone, The Mechanical Universe Simpsons, Futurama (it broke my heart when they canceled that show), Family Guy, American Dad, Adult Swim, Moral Orel, The Odd Coupe, Star Trek (the original), The White Shadow, I Love Lucy,Curb Your Enthusiasm, MAURY paternity tests, Reality Television (the people they have in those shows are the best actors in the WORLD).

Books:

Leaves of Grass, Steinbeck, Bukowski, John Fante, Noam Chomsky, Balzac, Jean Genet, Jean Paul Satre, Jack Kerouac, Joseph Cambell,William Blake, Jack London, Jerzy Grotowski, Artaud, Dostoyevski, Shakespeare, Arthur Miller, Hubert Selby Jr., Knut Hamsun, Henry Rollins ("Solipsist" is like a Bible to me), Henry Miller, Donald Goines, Ed Bunker and Bob Dylan.

Heroes:

Buddha, Lao Tzu,Socrates, Diogenes, Christ, Saint Francis of Agassi, Baalshem of Tov, Walt Whitman, Neal Cassidy, Hubert Selby Jr. And a Mother's unconditional love for her child.

My Blog

A Christmas Carol: True Story

A Christmas CarolI left Los Angeles four years before, I had planed on going all the way around the world and ending back up in Los Angeles. I had already been across the united states, to England, ...
Posted by Bumdog on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:22:00 PST

Bumdog 4 Dummies

Adapted from The first part of the screenplay "Sketches of Nothing By a Complete Nobody" "Bumdog for Dummies" An empty parking lot in Downtown LA. Towards the center of the lot is someone sleeping un...
Posted by Bumdog on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:10:00 PST

Bumdog in Key West

JOB AND PUNISHMENTIn fact one time I was living in Broward County, Florida where people would warned me about Key West. The rents were too high, they wern't many jobs and the ones they had were all lo...
Posted by Bumdog on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 02:10:00 PST

Bumdog The Filmmaker Part 1

Bumdog the Filmmaker Part 1 I live in downtown LA, Just east of skid row section of downtown known as "The Pits". It's a section where the warehouses and work factories&...
Posted by Bumdog on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:16:00 PST

A Bumdog In Paris

This is another story in my book. There are actually pictures in this one but I couldnt figure out how to HTML them in. If someone knows how to do this please message me. in the mean time your going t...
Posted by Bumdog on Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:49:00 PST

The Orthodox Jewish Mother and The Bumdog

This is the last story in my book. I also adapted for my film.SOULS A BURNIN: The Personal Correspondence between a Orthodox Jewish Mother and a Bumdog"Imagine a man thrown into a jail cell with ...
Posted by Bumdog on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:50:00 PST

A Bumdog in Vegas

This is the first story in my book. I fucked it up. All the question marks stand for jackpot symbols"Lemons, Cherrys, Lucky Sevens etc. This is the first story in my book. I fucked it up. All the que...
Posted by Bumdog on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:35:00 PST