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innerspaceboy · 04-04-2015, 05:34 PM

Are you nostalgic for the past or eager for the future?

I strive to embrace the finest elements from the past and combine them with the technologies of the present while remaining optimistic and looking toward the possibilities of the future. I've an affinity for ornamental typefaces and design, Elizabethan/Edwardian craftsmanship, antiquarian literature, and 20th century music, but get a thrill from cataloging and creating data visualizations from library metadata. And our increasing interconnectedness and greater access to information make our future look bright.

You can only wear one shirt for the rest of your life. What does it say on it? Or does it not say anything at all?

My poet's shirt. It's practical - breathes easily in summer and layers well with a velvet sportscoat for fall and spring. For winter, simply add a wool marching band jacket and you're off. Also a fair expression of my classy b*stardness.

East or West coast? If you haven't been to one or either, what the f*ck are you doing with your life? If you're not in the US, you can guess as to which you'd like best.

I've lived in NY all my life, but I'd love to have seen Terry Riley at Berkeley in 1961 and Stockhausen at University of California in 1966. Still, both lectured at University at Buffalo. NY during the same years...

What's your worst personal tragedy?

As 13 I was dropped off at an asylum for 5 years. Not one visit, not one Christmas or birthday, and no education for the most formative years of my life. Independent study sufficed, and I graduated valedictorian with the highest marks of any student in the history of the school. As a result of the whole mess, I don't remember much of anything before age 25. But despite the challenges of my youth I believe I emerged a well-adjusted, competent, independent, and successful individual.

How's that?

Are you glad that winter is over or could you give less of a sh*t?

I walk/bike to the office every day. Buffalo winter was cruel this year, and I'm glad to bid it farewell.

If you could swap music taste/knowledge with on person on MB, who would it be?

Frownland. His name is lifted from one of the most important records ever recorded. That's enough for me.