2. DATE OF BIRTH:                January 29 - mid 1950's

3. OCCUPATION:               Systems Manager

4. PLACE OF RESIDENCE:                Medford, New Jersey (USA)

5. YEARS AS A FAN:                    31

SAFE AS MILK : _______________________9
MIRROR MAN : ______________________  5
STRICTLY PERSONAL :  _______________ 7
TROUT MASK REPLICA :  ______________2
LICK MY DECALS OFF BABY :  _________ 1
SPOTLIGHT KID :_____________________10
CLEAR SPOT :  ________________________3
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED :   _11
BLUE JEANS & MOONBEAMS :  _______12
SHINY BEAST :   _ _____________________4
DOC AT THE RADAR STATION :   ______ 8
ICE CREAM FOR CROW : _____________ 6

1. Mothers Of Invention
2. Gong (Daevid Allen)
3. Soft Machine (w/Robert Wyatt)
4. Etron Fou LeLoublan
5. John Coltrane
6. Ornette Coleman
7. Son House
8. Howlin' Wolf
9. Harry Partch
10.John Cage

9. HOW DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND,
    Magazine article (don't remember which one)

AND WAS THERE A PARTICULAR SONG THAT MADE YOU SEE THE LIGHT?:
 I Love You, You Big Dummy

10. NUMBER OF BEEFHEART  GIGS SEEN,  AND WHICH YEARS:
I believe I've seen the band a total of 13 times (if you count the Bongo Fury tour with Zappa)
1972 & 1973 - Town Hall, NYC
1975 - Capitol Theater - Passaic, New Jersey (2 shows with Zappa)
1977 - all four shows at the Bottom Line in NYC
1978 - the Bottom Line, NYC
1980 - Beacon Theater, NYC; Stanhope Club - Stanhope, NJ; Irving Plaza - NYC; Mudd Club - NYC

11. ART SHOWS VISITED:       Werner Gallery - early 90's

12. ANY CONTACT WITH DON?:      Yes, but not since '92

13. MUSICAL ABILITY / TRAINING: .
BFA - Composition - Bard College. Studied electronic music with  Joan Tower (composition), Ben Boretz
(improvisation), Virginia Gaburo(microtonal theory),  Glenn Mack ( a John Cage associate), and Ken Russell.
 Instruments - marimba, Moog synthesizer, Moss string/brass synthesizer, harmonium, and Fender Stratocaster
(1984 American Standard).

14. ANY OTHER INFO YOU WISH TO ADD?
Am an avid reader of Kafka, Knut Hamsun, Mark Twain, Danilo Kis, and Raymond Queneau; supporter of the
National Geographic Society, Audobon, and Green Peace, love dry German Auselese wines, David Lynch films,
Eeyore, and penguins.