Entries from September 2007
Michael Hearst (pictured here with bandmate and fellow hottie Joshua Camp), sizzling geek superhero of today’s ethno-lit rock revolution
Claims to fame: Member of One Ring Zero, McSweeney’s house band, rocking out on claviola and Theremin.
Badass press quote for the band: “Gypsy-klezmer, cartoon-circus-flea music you mainly hear in your dreams.”—The New Yorker
Wrote songs with: the sexiest nerds in print, including Jonathan Ames, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Clay McLeod Chapman, Dave Eggers, Amy Fusselman, Neil Gaiman, Myla Goldberg, Ben Greenman, Daniel Handler, A.M. Homes, Denis Johnson, Lawrence Krauser, Jonathan Lethem, Rick Moody, Aaron Naparstek, and Darin Straus
Social contribution of note: Composed, arranged, performed, and recorded music for ice cream trucks which he distributes freely to ice cream truck operators.
Quote: “For Patricia…who will be writing lyrics for our next author CD.”
Categories: hot geeks · humor · memoir · theremin
Name: Nick “Nicky Kay” Kizirnis, hillbilly rockster, ultraswingster guitarist, post punk surfer, Theremin virtuoso, book lover, hot geek, Howard look-alike roots musician, songwriter, and website marketing guru.
Favorite element of the periodic table: Bromium. “I like the way it sounds. It’s also the most useful element, but I won’t tell you why.”
Favorite Sci Fi: Harlan Ellison’s Strange Mind. “Got me interested in writing.”
In his tackle box: Very, very small Phillips head screws and screw drivers, Allen wrenches, USB cable. Assorted cables.
Quote: “I believe in being prepared.”
Favorite bookmark: “My Spiderman booklight bookmark.”
Most prized possession: Theremin schematics. “Someday I’ll come across all the right parts to build one.”
Nick, part twang, part swing, and all rock’n'roll, can’t wait to to get his hands on his own copy of Looks Like Howard.
Categories: hot geeks · humor · memoir · theremin
Name: Chris Bell, sound man, photographer, urban hipster, art collector, metrochic hot geek
Location: Wherever the most discriminating TV crews need the best sound tech.
What’s on the DVR: Flight of the Conchords. Me and that show make sweet weekly love.
Favorite gadget: Radio shack battery gauge. It’ll do A. It’ll do AA. It’ll even do AAA, well, maybe that’s pushin’ it. I F**kin’ can’t live without this thing. Gottabe Radio Shack, though.
Analog or digital: I can go both ways. I’m a big fan of the analog, but hey, we’re in the new millennium.
Feature most closely resembling Howard: Look of joy when reading a good book.
Book most likely to read for it’s quirky, dark humor in March, 2008: Anything by Patricia Kambitsch and published by Behler.
Chris is a Howard fan, which is to say a Kambitsch man.
Categories: death · hot geeks · humor · memoir
September 22, 2007 · 1 Comment
Actual photo of Howard as a young engineering student at the University of Idaho in Moscow. Hint: he appears to be happy.
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