I like to work and play. I am a producer for a boutique production company - Wiggle Puppy Productions. I have worked on many films in an array of producer roles as well as consulted for first and second time producers. My specialty is contracts, negotiations, research, details, and the general production framework that keeps a shoot together. We made one feature, Urban Ground Squirrels – a romantic cult-like comedy. It didn’t do very well due to production value but it was great for a first time film (I was 21 when we were in production), shot on 35mm, and I raised over $500,000 for it with my partner (film is expensive). In the end it was a great learning experience and like any first time we'll always have a love hate relationship with UGS. I currently do a lot of band work, documentaries, and concert films/DVD’s. I am always looking to make things more logical, efficient, and organized - usually better. It's in my blood. My directing partner Mark fills in my gaps. I LOVE music (especially live) and movies. I like TV and I'm not ashamed to admit that. If you don't know pop culture what are you going to make fun of? I like to read too though. But most of all I like Hobbies. I have all sorts of them. But they are not just the hobbies themselves it's more the way I take them on. Nothing half-assed here. My 3 dogs, Aquatic Turtles, Frogs, Organic Gardening including canning, freezing my veggies, Vermiculture (the worms eat my veggie scraps and then their poo feeds my garden), Videography, Photography, Cooking, Traveling (I just got back from LA, I'm headed to Vegoose for Halloween, then I'll be in Amsterdam for my birthday/Thanksgiving and then off to Basel Switzerland in January for Albert Hoffman's 100th B-Day Party & the concurrent Conference) and so on et cetera et cetera. I like collecting many things such as Pete Fowler art and his Monsterism creatures (www.playbeast.com), music and political prints (art), books, music paraphernalia, Fetos (fetopia.net), music gear (building a studio), I have also been remodeling. I'm a big fan of "Living off the fat of the land. Doing your own thing in your own time."
I'd like to meet:
YOU KNOWS IT!!
Anyone who doesn't suck. Maybe someone funny. And maybe someone smart. And maybe someone who can talk to dolphins.
Music:
To Name a Few in No particular order but obviously some more than others (not responsible for spelling):
Talking Heads / David Byrne, Phish / all the guys solo projects, Super Furry Animals, Pavement / Stephen Malkmus, Wilco / Jeff Tweedy, Beck, Grateful Dead / Legions of Mary / JGB, David Bowie, Ween, Miles Davis, Elliot Smith, Blur, Gorillaz, The Shins, Flaming Lips, Velvet Underground / Lou Reed / Nico, Brian Eno, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Arcade Fire, Big Frog, Scott Tipping, P-Funk / Parliament / George / Bootsy, Traffic, Syd Barrett / Pink Floyd / Roger Waters, Led Zeppelin, Rufus Wainwright, John Scolfield, Los Lobos, Mercury Rev, Bela Fleck, Skatallites, T-Rex, Roxie Music Blondie, Spoon, Neil Young, Detroit Cobras, Billy Bragg, Les Claypool / all side projects, Mike Clark, Fatboy Slim, Nirvana, Papa Grows Funk, White Stripes, Air, Robert Walter, Kings of Leon, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, My Bloody Valentine. Silver Jews, The Pixies, Sex Mob, Morphine, Blind Melon, My Morning Jacket, Chemical Brothers, Bright Eyes w/ M Ward, The Who, Radiohead, Eels, Beach Boys, The New Pornographers, Peaches, The Sea and Cake, Addison Groove Project, Beastie Boys, Sugar Blue, Tom Petty, Jamiroquai, Modest Mouse, Mazzy Star, Paul Simon, Old Santana, Ryan Adams, Alice in Chains, Nick Drake, Black Sabbath, Cake, Polyphonic Spree, Some Classics like CSNY, Jefferson Airplane, Hendrix, Janis, etc So much more – this is too hard! Mainly a lot of Funk, Jazz, Blues, Rock, & not much country expect for old country (not that leftover 80’s hair metal crap country). For instance I like Cash and Willie and a few others. Some Bluegrass, Punk, no emo because just that title “emo†sucks ass. Basically, I like any genre music as long as it’s good. My favorite band Las disbanded but I heard a few of the members reformed as Gio. They are on my freinds list. I guess I should point out it's my brother and he's pretty fucking talented. Download his music now!
Movies:
Whoa - another tough list. Same goes with music - too many to list but her are just a few... All Wes Andersons films – Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, All Joel and Ethan Coen’s Movies – Raising Arizona, Fargo, Barton Fink, O’ Brother Where Art Thou?, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Anything from Paul Anderson - Rushmore, Boogie Nights, Magnolia. Anything from Cameron Crowe – Fast Times, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, etc. A lot from Richard Linklater – Slacker, Waking Life, etc. except SubUrbia. That sucked! I love Terry Gilliam but haven’t seen the new one yet – The Brothers Grimm. Anything directed by Spike Jonze, Sofia Coppola, Scorcese, Stanley Kubrik, Francis Ford Coppola. Anything written by Charlie Kaufman, Mike Paulchenik, Bret Easton Ellis. You get the drift. Favorite Concert Films – Stop Making Sense, The Last Waltz, Rust Never Sleeps, It, Bittersweet, etc. A lot of documentaries (a lot) – Grass, Fast Cheap & Out of Control, Home Movie, Dogtown & Z Boys, Dig, etc. A lot of political stuff including Michael Moore’s work. A lot of fluff movies like Charlie’s Angels (but not the sequel).
Some Misc. films – Buffalo Soldiers, Northfork, Donnie Darko, House of Yes, Box of Moonlight, Better Off Dead, Three Kings, so fucking many to list. I like dark comedy.
Lately - I liked seeing I Heart Huckabees on video and Lord of War in the theater. I am looking forward to Jarheads but haven't seen it yet.
Television:
TV – The Prisoner Series (from the 60’s I think), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, The Simpson’s, Family Guy, Scrubs, and so much more. I love Starved and It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia which are both on FX. It's progressive shit. They give me hope for making really really dark un-pc shit in the future. I also like reality TV although this is my first season of watching Survivor and I think they are all pussies. I thought it was going to be more hard-core than it is I guess. It just reminds me how helpless people are and that even on a show like this these idiots don't know how to prevent bug bites naturally or hunt and gather. They are truly lost. (I like Lost too.) I love Martha Stewart's Apprentice. She's such a crazy bitch but in a good ocd way. "I hate people when they're not polite!" I love hospitable people even if they are a little compulsive. And I love to see other hobbyist's out there and she's the queen of hobbies. I watch all TV – the good & the bad. My Tivo tapes everything and if I have time I watch while I work.
Books:
Now this one is the toughest. From looking at my book shelve you'd think I'm a Addict as opposed to an aficionado. From the Pill Book, to the History Of Drugs, to the Drug War I decided not to list them all. There are too many and they are too personal. There's a lot of philosophy, spirituality, history, musical, political books etc. I will recommend anything from Hunter S Thompson for those who like my other interests.
Heroes:
George W. This is too weird to answer - how about Bootsy, Bela & Beck. They are not human.
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