names:
I only have one name, really.

age:
26 years

plays:
Guitar

dragking history:
Joined the band in October/November, 1998. I have had, however, intimate knowledge of DragKing since 1991 or 1992.

influences:
The Velvet Underground, The Smiths, Leonard Cohen, Elliot Smith, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Robyn Hitchcock, Camper van Beethoven, The Kinks, Devo, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Barry Adamson, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Cure, The Cramps, Neil Young, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, The Monkees, Blondie, Patty Smith, Kraftwerk, New Order, The Lemonheads

current listening material:
Pedro the Lion, Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers", Soundtrack for "Buena Vista Social Club", Morrissey "Your Arsenal", Elliot Smith "XO", The Stooges, Soundtrack for "Rushmore"

fave books
I think that "Eloise" has had a really strong influence on me. For fun, I like to read works by Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Celine, Jim Thompson. I also really like to read non-fiction, social science type of material. The dictionary. I plan on reading some Eugene O'Neil this summer.

first record bought
The first record I remember buying is the soundtrack to the film "Grease". When it was originally released. My first record also could have been "Goofy Gold" or maybe "Parallel Lines"

fave live show ever
That is really hard to say. Shows are really fun at different times for different reasons which sometime have nothing to do with the performers...

day job
Graduate student, web-person

dk body politic:
I don't think I like this question! I don't want to think of DragKing as person and then identify myself as one its body parts!

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