Siringo
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Tourism |
| Occupation | Bookstore owner |
| Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States |
| Introduction | Born in El Paso, TX. Lived in Abeline, TX, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Denver, Casper, WY and Billings, MT all until I was 14 and we moved back to Albuquerque. Went to Sandia High School and got a BA in Speech Communication at the University of New Mexico. Worked at my father's gift shop in Old Town, Albuquerque off and on since I was 14. Had internships at KUNM-FM and KQEO-AM writing news, and at KNME-TV doing public affairs program production. Did a volunteer overnight free-form DJ shift at KUNM for 2 years, along with film reviews and news reporting for a few more years. Created, shot, edited and performed in numerous shows for Public Access Community Cable Channel 27, including a film review show, a variety/news show, a comedy show, an experimental video show, and a weekly alternative music video show called "The Thursday Beat." I also ran the master control board for two years. Opened my own bookshop in 1993, selling books on the Southwest and Old West. Still going strong. Never married. Two dogs: Golden Retriever cross and a Chihuahua. |
| Interests | Mystery fiction, music, obscure and offbeat movies, especially horror films and spaghetti westerns, learning to play the guitar, stand-up comedy, spirtual growth, history and pop culture. |
| Favorite movies | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Being John Malkovich, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Waiting for Guffman, This is Spinal Tap, Casablanca, nearly any Alfred Hitchcock film, and almost anything starring Vincent Price or Christopher Lee. |
| Favorite music | Lyle Lovett, John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris, Lucy Kaplansky, Graham Parsons, Rickie Lee Jones, Kinky Friedman, Steve Goodman, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Albert Collins, The Who, Frank Zappa, Renaissance, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Al Green, Parliament/Funkadelic, James Brown. |
| Favorite books | The Four Agreements and The Voice of Knowledge by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, too many others to mention. |
The first time you had your shoes taken off - how surprised were you to see that you still had toes?
Not very. I expected them to show up for work as always.