Captain Whiffle
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Location | Fresno, California, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | I'm an English professor in Fresno, California, where I live with my yokefellow John and our dog Wilbur. I suppose I should say something about my blog's name: I do realize that the toy you all knew and loved as a child is, in fact, a wiffle ball (no h), but my moniker--Captain Whiffle--is actually the name of a character from an 18th-century English novel. (Ten points if you can name which one.) So, just imagine if this guy threw a party: it would be a Whiffle Ball--kind of like this blog! |
| Interests | books, travel, music, movies, food, hiking, gardening |
| Favorite Movies | The Velvet Underground, (The London) Suede, Basement Jaxx, Steve Reich, The Breeders, Aphex Twin, David Bowie, Iron and Wine, The Who, Spank Rock, Liz Phair, Prince, Missy Elliott, Nick Drake, The Clash, The Avalanches, Belle and Sebastian, Magnetic Fields, Talking Heads, The Beatles, Gorillaz, Sufjan Stevens, Sparklejet, Beck, Danger Mouse, Antony and the Johnsons, Gang of Four, Sleater-Kinney, T. Rex, The Strokes, The Beastie Boys, CocoRosie, Eurythmics, Final Fantasy, Rufus Wainwright, The Pixies, The Chemical Brothers, Cibo Matto, The Pet Shop Boys, Girl Talk, The Books, ABBA, Interpol, Boards of Canada, M.I.A., The Streets, Stereolab, Yo La Tengo, The Pixies, Bjork, Pulp, Burt Bachrach, The Futureheads, NEU!, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Jens Lekman, LCD Soundsystem, The Fiery Furnaces, Diplo, Devendra Banhart, Rademacher, The Hold Steady, Massive Attack, Nina Simone, The Arcade Fire, Boards of Canada, !!!, Jonathan Coulton, Animal Collective, Cocteau Twins, Joanna Newsome, Caribou, Vitalic, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Dusty Springfield, Subtle |
| Favorite Music | The Velvet Underground, (The London) Suede, Basement Jaxx, Steve Reich, The Breeders, Aphex Twin, David Bowie, Iron and Wine, The Who, Spank Rock, Liz Phair, Prince, Missy Elliott, Nick Drake, The Clash, The Avalanches, Belle and Sebastian, Magnetic Fields, Talking Heads, The Beatles, Gorillaz, Sufjan Stevens, Sparklejet, Beck, Danger Mouse, Antony and the Johnsons, Gang of Four, Sleater-Kinney, T. Rex, The Strokes, The Beastie Boys, CocoRosie, Eurythmics, Final Fantasy, Rufus Wainwright, The Pixies, The Chemical Brothers, Cibo Matto, The Pet Shop Boys, Girl Talk, The Books, ABBA, Interpol, Boards of Canada, M.I.A., The Streets, Stereolab, Yo La Tengo, The Pixies, Bjork, Pulp, Burt Bachrach, The Futureheads, NEU!, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Jens Lekman, LCD Soundsystem, The Fiery Furnaces, Diplo, Devendra Banhart, Rademacher, The Hold Steady, Massive Attack, Nina Simone, The Arcade Fire, Boards of Canada, !!!, Jonathan Coulton, Animal Collective, Cocteau Twins, Joanna Newsome, Caribou, Vitalic, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Dusty Springfield, Subtle |
| Favorite Books | Clarissa, Lolita, The Corrections, Giovanni's Room, Roxana, Vathek, Orlando, History of Sexuality Vol. I, Sense and Sensibility, Poems of Elizabeth Bishop, Tales of Henry James, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Running with Scissors, Moll Flanders, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Catch-22, Poetry of Frank O'Hara |