Favorite book: And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave
Favorite Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii Elvis, 1973
"And all day I knew there was an incredible love somewhere in my world.... and I felt sad, needing to explain it but I can't because it belonged to me. To anyone else it was just wet images." Jim Carroll
Writer / Creative Board:
Samantha Stevenson
Favorite Dog: Fezzik Stevenson
Favorite Cousin: Jessica Liebel
Favorite Bands: 1] The Beatles 2] Pink Floyd 3] Radiohead
Favorite Books: The Handmaid's Tale [Margaret Atwood], The Red Tent [Anita Diamant], Heart of Darkness [Joseph Conrad], Stephen King's Dark Tower series
Favorite Films: 8 1/2, The Princess Bride, Brazil, The Hairdresser's Husband, The Goonies
Writer / Creative Board:
Kent Brown
Other Involvements: Artistic Director of ; Certified Bigfoot Investigator
Favorite Bands: They Might Be Giants, Traffic, Talking Heads, every southern rock band from the 1970's except Molly Hatchet
Favorite Movie: Purple Rain
Favorite Greek Tragedy: The Orestia by Aeschylus
Writer / Creative Board:
Kevin Carroll
Kevin is from Portland, Oregon originally.
He has a bachelors in drama and a master's in acting.
He is a poorly practicing buddhist.
He loves hip-hop and spoken word more than anything but is a sucker for amazing musicians.
Kevin is a lover of art that questions the world around him but more importantly creates new questions to the people who view it.
If there were one person in the whole world Kevin could have met it would have been Steve Prefontaine (an artist in his own way).
Kevin is currently the Executive Director of , a 501(c)(3) NFP theatre company that he helped create with four of the most amazing artists' Kevin has ever met, that is until he started working with Thirsty!
Webmaster / Creative Board: Jason Mathews
Hobbies: Bass Player for
Favorite TV station: Food Network
Favorite Movie: Jurrasic Park
Favorite Food: Cheese & most sandwiches.
Top 3 favorite bands: Radiohead / The Shins / Pixies / Stone Roses / Luna / Sparklehorse / The Verve / Air / Blur
Contributing Writers:
Wayne Graham
"Wayne Graham is a good boy, loves his mamma, loves Jesus, and America too. He's a good boy, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and his girlfriend, too. Conversely, he hates babies and priests with a purple passion."
Andrew Lyman
Andrew Lyman is the son of both a father and a mother. He is a member of the Human Beings, the founder of the Church of the Perpetual Saturday, and a co-founder of Young Team Manager.com. He currently lives in Chicago where he eats food and sleeps in a bed on a semi-regular basis. He bides his time watching books, reading music, and hearing movies. More information can be collected on his activities at either:
http://youngteammanager.com
or http://rotovator.net
Human Beings: http://www.wearehumanbeings.org
Top 5 Band Names:
1. Throbbing Gristle
2. Urethra Franklin
3. Rapeman
4. Romantic Gorilla
5. Jesus Lizard
Brandon Forbes
Brandon Forbes, if ever asked to perform a gymnastics floor routine, would find it hard to decide between Kylie Minogue's "Fever," Sleater-Kinney's "Dance Song '97," or Eddie Money's "Take Me Home Tonight" as a performance track.
Jacob O. Gold
Jacob O. Gold is a Chicago native, just returned to his beloved home city. He can be reached at jacoboringold@gmail.com
Jessica Liebel
Col. JD Wilkes
"Colonel" J.D. Wilkes whiles away much his time sipping mint julep and languishing in the shady,
tall-columned veranda of his quaint farm house in rural Paducah, Kentucky.
But when those bullfrogs get to croakin', J.D. hops on the sawdust trail & sees the world in his carny-themed, hillbilly band "the Legendary Shack*Shakers". Painting gawdy sideshow banners and drawing his weekly comic strip "Head Cheese" for the Nashville RAGE also make for one exhausted fella.
J.D. has exhibited his comic art and freakshow banners in countless galleries and venues coast to coast. Patrons of his art have included Sony Records, RCA Records, Bloodshot Records, FoxNews Channel & PBS.
He's also been a regular contributor to Snicker magazine, Alarm magazine and U. Magazine.
Wilkes' many influences include Thomas Nast, John Severin, Wm. Pene DuBois, R. Crumb, Joe Coleman, and the good blokes at Viz Comic. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in Studio Art from his dry-county alma mater, Murray State University...in beautiful, scenic western Kentucky.
Photographers:
Ruben Cantu
After being born and raised in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Ruben has developed a true love of the city of Chicago and traveling. He is currently studying photography at Columbia College and hopes to one day teach.
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