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David O.

Beast of Bourbon

About Me



Come see me as Father Mark in
"Tony n' Tina's Wedding"
Directed by Larry Pellegrini

Now Playing
Pier 39
Tony n' Tina's Wedding

My Interests

I like....
artists
performers
exhibitionists
contortionists
carney folk
NPR
cheap sunglasses
gin martinis
Goldfish crackers
KALX
manatees
Thai Temple
Ashby Markets
Rods
Dawn and Drew
Super Volcanoes
Hodags
geeks
freaks
nerds
square pegs

I'd like to meet:

Emperor Norton

Music:

Lots and lots and lots more... Jeff Buckley, Devendra Banhart, Mark Farina, Townes Van Zandt, Beethoven, Jolie Holland, Mushroom Jazz, Johnny Cash, Neko Case, Modest Mouse, the thrills, Calexico, DJ Shadow, Radiohead, Kronos Quartet, Mogwai, The Ramones, New York Dolls, Tom Waits, Johnny Thunders, Stiv Bators and Iggy Pop, new wave, goth industrial, jazz, progressive house, good fucking singers and songwriters, intelligent electronic.

If I left anyone out, I'm sorry.

Movies:

A mix of No Country for Old Men, Blood Simple, Where the Buffalo Roam, 3:10 to Yuma, Shaun of the Dead, City of Lost Children, Amelie, Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, Time Bandits, Life of Brian, 12 Monkey's, Blow up, Napolean Dynamite, Kung Fu Hustle, Rio Bravo and
Many
Many
More!!

Television:

Ghosthunters
UFO Hunters
Mythbusters
Futurama
Lost (ok, I admit it)
Metalocalypse

Books:


The Adventures of Cavalier and Clay
Already Dead
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
White Teeth
Me Talk Pretty One Day/Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
On the Road
Post Office
Nine Stories
Catcher in the Rye
The Basketball Diaries
American Gods
A Dirty Job
Watermelon Sugar
Less Than Zero
The Nimrod Flip Out
Confederacy of Dunces
Life of Pi
Neuromancer
James and the Giant Peach

Heroes:



My Blog

Blooze Fest 2007

Have you ever seen 100 people doing the electric slide all at the same time? Go to the Monterey Bay Blues Fest one year. It's awe inspiring.
Posted by David O. on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:33:00 PST

Playing in the Park

Time for my annual blog entry. Are you ready? Here it is: stromboli. That's it. Aren't other peoples lives interesting? Okay, one more entry today:  "A Dream Play" opened this weekend. And it wor...
Posted by David O. on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:17:00 PST

Homeless guy in my car

Okay, I'm back after months of Shakespeare, Restortation plays, and musicals about San Francisco eccentrics to talk about the homeless guy I found in my car last week.It was early on a Sunday morning,...
Posted by David O. on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:43:00 PST

Play with puppets

In less than a week, Merry Wives will be up and running. It's hard to believe that opening night is right around the corner. How the time flies! What a thrill it's been getting watch so many creative ...
Posted by David O. on Tue, 30 May 2006 09:45:00 PST

Pepe Le Pew spotted in North Berkeley

Spring in North Berkeley. It doesn't get much better. On 4/20, as I was working up in our theatre at Live Oak Park, I detoured over to our storage space under Walnut Street that's nestled by the creek...
Posted by David O. on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:10:00 PST

Dada spam mail that I got today

Subject line: port sausage pediatrician strategic the at of cheer. that cordless stance meatball, to panties in prowess!!! imperil, bidder tyke, juicy the is righteous squarely expense account in w...
Posted by David O. on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:38:00 PST

God bless the senior folk

This past weekend, my play "The Devil's Disciple" opened at the Live Oak Theatre in Berkeley. It rained. It rained buckets. We had about 45 people come, which is pretty dissappointing considering our ...
Posted by David O. on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:34:00 PST

Tim Robbins "1984"

Week before last I saw "1984" at the Ivy Substation in L.A. directed by Tim Robbins and adapted by Michael Gene Sullivan from the SF Mime Troupe.Cool venue. I'd never been there before. The Ivy Substa...
Posted by David O. on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:34:00 PST

The Devil's Disciple and Twilight Zones coming soon!

I just finished casting principle roles for my next play "The Devil's Disciple" opening April 7th at The Live Oak Theatre (www.aeofberkeley.org) Still looking for a couple more actors. If you know any...
Posted by David O. on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:36:00 PST

KALX mumblings...

Yeah, that was me on the radio today for about 30 minutes of mumbling, sweating and making statements that made no sense. Thank God Craig was there to mop up.
Posted by David O. on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:54:00 PST