Looks like Colleen

Looks like Liss

Looks like the Tarverator

Looks Like the Rev

Name: Rev Cool Carter, Radio DJ for 25 years of WYSO’s Around the Fringe found at 91.3 every Friday at 8pm. , promoter of neoalternative pop, post-fusion world beat, local indy rock boys and girls, rust-belt-ultrabilly, and all things cooler than you. Part-time patron saint of school administrators

Claim to fame: Hottest and Geekiest Radio DJ ever

Influences: The psychedelic universe

Quote: “It’s hard to be cool in an uncool world.”

In his tackle box: Scratch and sniff vinyl, this month’s public radio promotional premium, free bumperstickers, well-worn rosary beads, holy water, snake oil, battered Roman collar, rooster feed

Recurring nightmare: Attack from Sister Gemma’s prosthetic arm

Book he can’t wait to read for its light-hearted yet morbidly humorous, and blatantly confessional exposition: Looks Like Howard

Looks like One Ring Zero

 

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.”

Looks like Nicky Kay

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.

Looks like Chris

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.

Can you find Howard?

Actual photo of Howard as a young engineering student at the University of Idaho in Moscow. Hint: he appears to be happy.

Have you seen Howard?

Lots of people look like Howard. Since he’s been dead, it seems I see him everywhere. If you happen to spot a Howard, let me know, I’d love take his picture.

 

These are a few that I’ve collected. How many can you recognize? (Hint: two are among my favorite novelists.)