Electronic music and sound generators, composing and recording in my studio, my chihuahuas Edison & Tesla, a good book (several, actually), Macintosh computers, vari-vue & lenticular items, everything R. Buckminster Fuller, the Bauhaus school, yesterday's visions of the future, Route 66, Scandinavian and Mid-Century design, Exotica & all things Tiki, cooking with an international flair, indeterminacy...
Music
The electronic variety. And also: The Hidden Variable, Future Bible Heroes, The Magnetic Fields, Figures On A Beach, Freezepop, You Shriek, Brian Eno, Throbbing Gristle, Kraftwerk, Chris+Cosey & Carter Tutti, YMO, Der Plan, John Foxx, The Cure, Martin Denny, Marc Almond, Jacques Dutronc, Siouxsie/Creatures, Françoise Hardy, Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yma Sumac, Andreas Dorau, Cornelius, Snatch, Philip Glass, Rose McDowall, everything Wire, 2raumwohnung, Portishead, The Associates, some of the "new indie electro" like Cut///Copy + Presets + MGMT + The Faint etc., Underworld, The Pipettes, IAMX, Sisters Of Mercy, New Order, Giorbino, Propaganda & Act, Bauhaus/Peter Murphy, Joy Division, Harry Partch, Faith & The Muse, David Sylvian, Public Image Ltd., Depeche Mode, VNV Nation, Nouvelle Vague, The Radio Dept., Tonto's Expanding Headband, Sparks, Gang Of Four, Pal Judy, Dead Can Dance, Phil Spector, Gary Numan, Ultravox!, Jil Kaplan, Joe Meek, Goldfrapp, Iggy Pop, Perrey & Kingsley, Ladytron, Nick Cave, Erik Satie, ABBA, Can, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Steve Reich, The Jam/Paul Weller, Lali Puna, Pet Shop Boys, Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, Bill Nelson, Silver Apples, Front 242, Etienne Daho, Fad Gadget, Enoch Light, Cocteau Twins, The Silicon Teens, Les Rita Mitsouko, Human League, The Buzzcocks, Hermine, Covenant, Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Puppini Sisters, John Cage, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Haig, St. Etienne, Laurie Anderson, Nancy Sinatra, Patti Smith, Stereolab, Les Baxter, Yello, Lindsey Buckingham, Miss Kittin, Astrud Gilberto, Client, Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music, Joseph Byrd, Grace Jones, Brian Wilson, Massive Attack, Alien Sex Fiend, David Bowie, Vince Clarke, Danielle Dax, Claude Debussy, Psychic TV...and, believe it or not, there is more.
Movies
The Eyes Without A Face, Lars von Trier's RIGET (1&2), Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Apple, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Legend Of Leigh Bowery, Theatre Of Blood, Playtime, Carnival Of Souls, The Klaus Nomi Story, Near Dark, The original Village (and Children) of the Damned, Haxan, the Quatermass movies, Control, The Black Lizard, La Dolce Vita, The Wicker Man, Raumpatrouille Orion, Black Sunday, the original Manchurian Candidate, Providence (the Renais movie), 8 Women, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Bedazzled (the original Peter Cook/Dudley Moore one), Princess Mononoke, LOTR, anything by Almodovar, Bunuel, Melies, Lang, Corman, Hitchcock, selected Tim Burton...well, that's what comes to mind at this moment.
Television
Besides The Daily Show & the Newshour w/Jim Lehrer, almost everything I've liked on TV is either slightly older and British (The Day Today, Alan Partridge, The Prisoner, Murder Most Horrid, French & Saunders, Ab Fab, The Avengers) or American and canceled (Carnivale).
I do make a few exceptions for some things on The Food Network, silly Bravo "reality shows" like Top Chef, and PBS documentaries. And any David Attenborough special.
Books
Bulgakov's "Master & Margarita", Gaiman's "American Gods", Dunn's "Geek Love", Mackay's "Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds"... Newest acquisitions: Neil Stephenson's "Anathem", Kelly Link's "Pretty Monsters", Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book". Authors: D. Adams, Asimov, Bradbury, Brite, E. Bull, Burroughs, Cocteau, Clarke, Dahl, deLint, Dick, Didion, A.C. Doyle, Ellison, Gaiman, Gibson, Gorey, Kiernan, Kelly Link, Mishima, Pynchon, Straub, Tolkien, Twain, Vonnegut, R.A. Wilson, Zelazny... and that's just the tip of the iceberg. A very large iceberg.
DJ: ManRay, Toast.
SOUND DESIGN: major corporate websites.
SOUNDTRACKS: films by neil gaiman and 99th mind.
REMIXES: the crüxshadows, freezepop, my favourite. BAND: future bible heroes (w/ stephin & claudia of the magnetic fields.
About me: I am a DJ and musician in Massachusetts USA, and write and record music under the names Future Bible Heroes and The Hidden Variable. I have done website sound design for Volkswagon and Comcast, among others, and have scored short films for Neil Gaiman ("A Short Film about John Bolton"), 99th Mind, and Motorola.
The Hidden Variable is my newest music project, and is a collection of songs written and arranged by me with lyrics by an amazing cast of renowned dark fiction authors, including Poppy Z. Brite, Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, Harvey Jacobs, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Gregory Maguire, China Miéville, Lemony Snicket, Martha Soukup, Peter Straub and Gahan Wilson. Vocalists include Malena Teves, Throbbing Gristle / Chris + Cosey / CarterTutti's Cosey Fanni Tutti and The Magnetic Fields' Claudia Gonson. Our MySpace Page is here. Please stop by, listen to our music, and add us as a friend. We are currently shopping for a record label.
Future Bible Heroes
is my electropop collaboration with Stephin Merritt and Claudia Gonson of The Magnetic Fields. We have released several albums and E.P.'s, and have been described thusly: "Future Bible Heroes are the Electro-Pop-Hula-Goth saviours. Open your hearts and let the blood flow."
You can visit the Official Future Bible Heroes MySpace Pagehere.
Our Website is here.
DJ
I was head resident DJ at the legendary ManRay nightclub in Cambridge, and until it rises again from the ashes, I am keeping some of the nights alive in various clubs in Boston and Cambridge, with my partner in crime, ManRay bartender Terri.
Saturdays: "HEROES", my New Wave/Electro/Punk & Retro night has returned as a Saturday event at T.T. The Bear's in Central Square, Cambridge. The "HEROES" MySpace Page is here.
"HEROES" in July '09:
Saturday July 4: The IndepenDANCE Day Edition
Saturday July 18
& Saturday July 25
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Second Friday of each month: XMORTIS, at TT The Bears, in Central Square, Cambridge. The amazing Goth/Industrial monthly event hosted by Latex Lily. XMORTIS returns on Friday July 10th with V, our Five Year Anniversary Party.
The XMORTIS MySpace Page is here.
Fourth Friday of the month, now a quarterly event: NIGHT OF THE DOLLS at TT The Bear's in Central Square, Cambridge. A latex/fetish night hosted by Latex Lily with industrial/electro music. Go to the Night Of The Dolls MySpace Page for info on the next NIGHT OF THE DOLLS & all updates.
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And a Sunday monthly event: DEAD POOL, at Flattop Johnny's in Kendall Square, Cambridge. Play pool, hear goth, industrial, electro & new wave music. It's a relaxed and fun night with good music, usually on the last Sunday of the month. DEAD POOL in May: Sunday July 26.
More information on my club nights and guest DJ appearances, as well as a more detailed bio are available in my blog, just above. You can subscribe to my blog for updates on where I'm spinning and news on both of my bands.
18+ $10 ($5 before 10.30) Doors at 9pm Dresscode: Goth, Fetish, Industrial, Spaceman, Robovixen, Alien Invader, Creative Attire Encouraged. Minimum All Black T.T. the Bears 10 Brookline St. Cambridge, MA Xmortis.com | Xmortis on MySpace | Xmortis on Facebook | Xmortis on Twitter
Greetings! I want to pass this information along. The Sisters Of Mercy are in South America right now, and they're playing tomorrow night at a theater venue in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and my childhood friend, who is from Buenos Aires, is opening up for the Sisters of Mercy at this show tomorrow night with his Punk/Goth band Melancoholicos (http://www.myspace.com/melancoholicos). This will be the first time he's ever playing with them, and the first time the Sisters are playing in Buenos Aires, and it's really exciting for all of us. Here is the flyer for the show.
18+ $3 Doors at 8pm. All Pool Tables are free for use after cover charge. Kitchen open until 11:00pm. Parking is easy. There is street parking as well as a parking garage nearby or take the Red Line to the Kendall Square T Stop.
18+ $10 ($5 before 10.30) Doors at 9pm Dresscode: Goth, Fetish, Industrial, Creative Attire Encouraged. Minimum All Black T.T. the Bears 10 Brookline St. Cambridge, MA Xmortis.com Aeprilschaile.com
Thanks so much for the kind words about my new poem. And yes, I know I haven't posted the lyrics yet. I forgot to bring them with me to my parents' house today, so I'll remember to do that in time! Be patient (I'm patient enough with your music =P)!!
