Occupation and Position.
Creative energy focus captain for dublab.com

What neighborhood/city do you closely identify with? What makes your community so unique?
I feel most at home in Silverlake and surrounding Eastern LA lands. When the straight lines of the city hit our hood they twist in new angles that hold hidden gems and wide open wonder. Our magic barrio has the power to set hearts and minds into motion.

What’s the greatest item that you’ve dug up at a local garage/estate sale? How much did it cost?
I found a really great framed poodle portrait at a local thrift shop for $5. The poodle is so fancy and poised with its leg draped over the edge of a green velvet couch. Sadly the pooch must be long gone to doggy heaven but it lives on in my heart and the wooden frame on my wall.

If you could interview one unsung hero, who would it be? Why?
Theodore Bafaloukos, the director of the Rockers. This Greek gent travelled to Jamaica in the golden age of roots reggae and dub and made a film that although a fictional story sheds a genuine glow on the culture. With legendary musicians as amateur actors he captured a spirit of vibrancy so wild and beautiful that it will make your eyebrows grow into majestic dreadlocks. I’d love to hear how giant some of those spliffs were.

What’s your favorite youtube video?
The Monks - live on Beat Club, this is pre punk post punk!!!

Where are your favorite local spots to eat?
Tacos Villa Corona in Atwater
Auntie Em’s in Eagle Rock
India Sweets & Spices in Los Feliz
The Farmer’s Market in Mid-city… and if somebody else is paying Kiriko Sushi in West LA

What are your favorite local nightlife scenes?
My bed, the beach, and the invisible bingo parlour.

What songs are at the top of your playlist at this very moment?
Atlas Sound - Quarantined
the Slits - the Man Next Door
Teengirl Fantasy - Portofino
Daedelus - First Launch
Jan Steele - All Day

What new projects you are building on right now?
There’s quite a lot shaking. We’ve just transformed dublab into a non-profit. This has been an exciting, energy intensive undertaking which should lead to great, creative opportunities. We’re launching a new film project called “dublab VisionVersion” featuring amazing bands performing live in super locations around LA. We’re also finishing a documentary film/creative music recycling mission called “Secondhand Sureshots.” We’re putting a fresh art experiment into motion with our pals at Creative Commons called “Into Infinity: an explloration of on and on and on and on and on….” We have some great live events coming up in LA and beyond including the fourth in our all night ambient/space/drone “Tonalism” series. I’m also finishing a new space themed Adventure Time album with Daedelus and editing an art book with Brandy Flower (HIT+RUN). In the meantime I’m focusing on breathing deeper and smiling big.

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