Cathy VanPatten
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Writer/Editor |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | Born in the Shenandoah Valley and raised in a town that had half a mountain, I left for the north and new wave superstardom as soon as I could. New wave superstardom proved elusive, however, so I decided to write instead. |
| Interests | Roadside tourist attractions, cheezy souvenirs, shiny objects, good books, the British Invasion, commercial caves, treasure hunting, Toshiro Mifune |
| Favorite Movies | Ikiru, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Monolith Monsters, The Big Lebowski, Nausicaa, The Apartment, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Cranes Are Flying, A Hard Day's Night |
| Favorite Music | The Beatles, The Poptarts, Irma Thomas, Boozoo Chavis, Jeff Osier, Neko Case, The Ronnettes, Patsy Cline, Conlon Nancarrow, Ella Fitzgerald, The Flashcubes, The Kennedys |
| Favorite Books | One Hundred Years of Solitude, Northanger Abbey, The Street of Crocodiles, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Dwarf, Our Mutual Friend, Roughing It, Toon Lab |
The first time you had your shoes taken off - how surprised were you to see that you still had toes?
Not surprised at all. I keep track of such things.