Philistine

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Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation University lecturer/doctoral student
Location Osaka, Japan
Interests Evolutionary psychology, memory and learning, animal behavior, researching, reading, writing, statistics, Spanish reds, track bikes, Japanese antique tansu, Fender tweeds, JMI Voxes, Marshall plexis, guitars with P90s
Favorite Movies Movies?!? Who the hell needs movies? Nothing beats life--the plot's a bit slow at times, but the characters are outrageous...
Favorite Music Low Pop Suicide, Pig, Nine Inch Nails, Porcupine Tree, Beck (Jeff and the other one), Soul Coughing, Ministry, Tackhead, Ozric Tentacles, Massive Attack, Shriekback, Underworld, ZZ Top, Boom Boom Satellites...
Favorite Books Anything by Twain, Nietzsche (in his saner moments), Bertrand Russell (sans the utopian behaviorist crap), Pinker, Dawkins, and most of the Lonely Planet guidebooks.

You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?

I wrote a musical?!? Fame's not the problem...just promise me you'll keep it a secret. If this gets out... ...writing a musical...that's almost as embarrassing as publishing a piece of qualitative research.