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frank

frank de blase --- photographer, writer,impresario

About Me

...i'm a musician (in the frantic flattops for 17 years, currently in the lo-fi blues trio, the white devils), pin-up photographer, greaser, hot rod enthusaiast, and sub-culture contrarian....i have been getting tattooed long before it was cool --- when only dirtbags, sailors, and bikers got 'em --- and I always leave room for dessert. Whatever the nuns taught me ain't seem to have hurt me none....i write and shoot for CITY NEWSPAPER in Rochester, NY --- you can check out my stuff including my weekly review column I SCENE IT at www.rochester-citynews.com...i also freelance for several national rags including SWANK, where i dish out trashy novellas once a month. i travel constantlymy photography has appeared inULTRA SWANK BUST URBAN INK DOWNBEAT ARTVOICE GARAGE CAR KULTURE DELUXE LEG WORLD JUBOPyou can check it all out at www.frankdeblase.com...i also host THE SUNDAY NIGHT SHAKEDOWN---Sunday nights 8-11 p.m. on 98.9 THE BUZZ. Three whole hours of Rochester rock 'n' roll and my big mouth. dig it on line at www.rochesterbuzz.com

My Interests

whatever I happen to be doing at the moment...and perhaps whatever you're doing

I'd like to meet:

Retro oriented pin-up models/femme fatales and like-minded butter heads. I will travel anywhere to shoot. see www.frankdeblase for the skinny.

Music:

Rockabilly, swing, punk, jazz (real jazz), lo-fi blues

Movies:

The blacker, the whiter, the grimier, the more desperate, the better

Television:

I kinda like Carnivale, but other than that most TV is too vanilla for me

Books:

Pulp sleaze

Heroes:

I admire a lot of people in capes but no one in particular