johntata
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist/Musician/Writer |
| Location | Gloucester, Ma, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | John Tata, a noted New England artist/illustrator and musician, has added an author feather to his cap. After a long career in commercial art as well as a comprehensive musical journey, he obeys his muse and writes down some of the highlights (and lowlights) of his sometimes rough-and-tumble formative years. After blogging said memoirs, he now takes it a step further with his new book, “The Boy from Plastic City” (Fellow Pilgrim, ISBN 978-0692625439). The “Plastic City” of the title refers to his hometown of Leominster, Massachusetts, described by the author as a mill town on a bluff beside a dirty river. Although his vocation and avocation have taken him as far as the burning sands of Saudi Arabia, he pointedly paraphrases the old adage “you can take the boy out of the Plastic City, but you can’t take the Plastic City out of the boy.” Consummating his abiding love for the seashore, Mr. Tata currently resides on the North Shore of Boston in the Gloucester village of Magnolia-by-the Sea with his wife Jocelyn and their beloved Rat Terrier, Louis, where they plot their next adventure. |
| Interests | Art, Music, the Supernatural, History |
| Favorite movies | The Exorcist, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Children Of Men, The Godfather |
| Favorite music | Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, the Beatles, the Byrds, the Band, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny, Mike Oldfield, Vivaldi, Abinoni, Bach, |
| Favorite books | Anything by Cormac McCarthy, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury or Herman Melville. |