What DOESN'T this guy do?

November 5, 2002 10:41 AM

What DOESN'T this guy do? He writes novels, screenplays, and old school radio dramas. In his spare time he records sci-fi inspired avant-garde electronica, trippy ambient stuff, and produces albums for other bands. He meshes spoken word and noise-pop , and with his old band, the unapologetic New Romantics Oo Oo Wa, produced an absolute wanker masterpiece, and ended up getting signed by the same guy who gave the Smashing Pumpkins their first record deal. Of late, he just turned up on Electric Lash: A Tribute to The Church. Creative genius, or too damned much Starbucks?
posted by timsteil (8 comments total)

Why does everyone have to ask questions at the end of the post? Like people are really going to dicuss that?

"Yep. Sounds like a classic case of too much coffee."

Everybody is a genius all the time. But only few set out to utilize it.
posted by Satapher at 11:38 AM on November 5, 2002

Everybody is a genius all the time.

"Yep. Sounds like a classic case of too much coffee."
posted by robself at 12:24 PM on November 5, 2002

Quantity is not quality, unfortunately, as his prose is like a river of bland.
posted by four panels at 12:30 PM on November 5, 2002

Hmmm... what doesn't he do?

Restrain his friends from baldly plugging his site on MetaFilter.

Edit.

Rewrite.

Get published.


I know, "be nice" (and being Minnesotan, I know it only too well) ... but really, this called for it
posted by minnesotaj at 12:45 PM on November 5, 2002

i vote creative genius. capital C, capital G. just peruse those 13 beautiful, ridiculously interesting FPP links. i mean, the SAME GUY who gave the smashing pumpkins . . . (woops just ran out of irony)
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 3:02 PM on November 5, 2002

And what does he have on Vincent Gallo?

It seems that so called renaissance men/women do exist. I wonder if its some rogue gene in people that makes them feel the need to accomplish Everything. Hmm.
posted by re_verse at 9:53 PM on November 5, 2002

Metafilter: Everybody is a genius all the time.
posted by hot soup girl at 6:55 AM on November 6, 2002

What about P. Diddy? Runs a massive empire. Owns his own music production company (Bad Boy), consulting company (Blue Flame), radio station (spinner.com), fashion line (Sean John), as well as producing two shows on MTV (Making the Band) and his own reality-based show.

Oh, yeah, sometimes he throws wild parties in the Hamptons. If you're lucky, you'll see Martha Stewart, Spike Lee, Dennis Rodman, and Cindy Crawford there.
posted by msposner at 1:13 PM on November 6, 2002