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hey all.
(i can't *hear* you!)
seeing as the listie FAQ thing seems to be growing, i thought i'd
elaborate on my existane a little. eric, you can get my first post
about this fron chris, see what facts are incongruant....
NAME: Rick Callender although i'm known in various circles as "binky."
the "b" is always lower case. i got this nickname about ten years ago
when i was involved in a college bible study group. the three of us
who arrived first didn't know each other so we proceeded to introduce
ourselves. when it came my turn, i pulled out my wallet and started
leafing through the photographs therein saying, "Who am I today? Let's
see.... I'm not Jennifer.... I was Nell last week... won't be Deb
until next week...." as if these were the various personae i went by
on a weekly basis. one of the blokes then exclaimed, "Binky!" I
responded, "Yeah! That's it! I'm Binky this week!"
The joke was that every week i would have a different name altogether
so no one would really know my identity, but binky stuck. to go
further, being the artist i am, i lower cased the "b" in artsy fartsy
manner, akin to e.e. cummings....
as you can see, there have been numerous variations on this nickname....
i also am a singer/songwriter/guitarist with a CD titled "Undone" to
my credit. i currently wait tables during the day at a nice local
resturant, and play out anywhere i can after nightfall.
i went to my first rinky dink art school in Silver Spring, MD, and
graduated with an associates degree in 1991. Gained my BFA from
Indiana University in Fort Wayne, IN in 1998.
i love vintage clothes. been known to sport a kilt from time to time...
PLACES LIVED: Waynesboro, Virginia; Silver Spring, Maryland; Leesburg,
Virginia.... and...um... Fort Wayne, Indiana...
PLACES I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE: Scotland. definitely Scotland.
MOVIES: Harold and Maude, 2001, Citizen Cane, the original silent
version of Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney, Fargo, Dead
Poet's Society, any Shakespeare done by Kenneth Braughnagh, Spinal
Tap; anything with Buster Keaton....
MUSIC: (in no particular order and regardless of whether i own any
yet) um... OtR, Velvet Underground, Billy Bragg, Byrds, VOL, Crowded
House, Kim Hill, Lisa Loeb, Liz Phair (*sigh*), Robyn Hitchcock and
the Egyptians, Madder Rose (thanks, jg.), Marry Me Jane (thanks again,
jg.), Matthew Sweet, Radiohead, Tanita Tikaram, Pretenders,
Portishead, old R.E.M., old U2, Neilds, Modern Lovers, Elvis
Costello..... to name a few.
CARTOONS: classic Warner Bros. all the way! they RAWK! (i even got to
meet Chuck Jones!), the *original* Felix the Cat from the 1920s and
30s, Scooby Doo! (Pre-crappy doo), G-Force (anyone else remember this
one?)
MUSICAL GEAR: vintage anything! tube amps and guitars--especially
Fender, Gretch, Rickenbacker, and some Gibson.
IF I COULD BE A SUPERHERO MY SPECIAL ABILITY WOULD BE:
Inuendo Man
IYKWIM.
AITYD.
bink
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