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Benjamin

Don't be so gouache...

About Me

My name, as you may have guessed, is Ben. I am partnered with my girlfriend in a fashion company that makes handbags , accessories , and clothing called Hayden-Harnett .I studied computer science and physics in college, and after that I worked as a researcher at the Annenberg School at U-Penn, and at the University of Washington in Seattle. I lived in Italy studying painting, and moved to New York to study Greek and Latin at Columbia. I was a freelance writer writing encyclopedia entries. I had a job for a hip-hop clothing company.You can find out more about me, read some of my poetry, see artwork, photojournals, and read my blog at my homepage, http://haydenharnett.com/ben/

My Interests

Art, Politics, History, Film, Math, Programming, Antiques, Food

I'd like to meet:

Bob Dylan, Herman Melville, Steve Buscemi, Hadrian, Al Gore, Cat Power, Richard Burton (the explorer) & Isabella Rossellini.

Music:

Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Son House, The Talking Heads, Nico and the Velvet Underground, Randy Newman, Cat Power, Robert Johnson, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, The White Stripes, The Beatles, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Billie Holiday, The Clash, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Hank Williams ...

Movies:

Eight and a Half, Sunset Boulevard, Brazil, Lawrence of Arabia, Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, Throne of Blood, My Night at Maud's, Alien, The Third Man, Pather Panchali, His Girl Friday, The Thin Man, The Long Goodbye, The 400 Blows ...

Books:

The Golden Bough, Travels in Arabia Deserta, Loving, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, North of Boston, The Maltese Falcon, The Nine Tailors, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Infinite Jest, Updike, the Early Stories, Rock Springs...