handdrummer

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Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Poet and Novelist
Location	State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Links	Wishlist
Introduction	"It's not the despair. I can handle the despair. It's the hope that gets me!" John Cleese Clockwise
Interests	life, poetry, science, history, cats, dogs, computers, travel, science fiction, drum performance, music, regional planning, environmentalism, climate change, Taoism, conspiracy lore, history of extremist movements, economic redevelopment, globalization, peak oil, politics
Favorite Movies	Love & Death, Amadeus, Galaxy Quest, Maltese Falcon, Music Man, Top Hat, Duck Soup, Local Hero, Eat Drink Man Woman, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Rabbit Proof Fence, Seven Samurai, Secret of Rowan Inish, Matewan, Tampopo
Favorite Music	Van Morrison, Babatunde Olatunji, Opera, Mozart, Madredeus, Clannad, blues, old time mountain, bluegrass, Don Williams, Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Kodo, James Darren, Mel Torme, Fred Astaire, swing, oldies rock, electronica, African pop, Afro-Cuban All Stars, Orchestra Baobab
Favorite Books	science fiction, mysteries, science, ancient and medieval history, Earth Abides by George R. Stewart, Alan Furst, Thomas Perry, Kim Stanley Robinson, Charles Stross, H. Beam Piper, William Tenn, Theodore Sturgeon, Way Station

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

I won't. Bring it on.