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- I lived in Bloomington from ’91 to ’97, and Indy from ’97 to 2000.
I started college at IU in the summer of ’91. One summer course later, and out from under the iron rule of my parents my tiny sheltered life transformed into one of unabashed debauchery and hedonistic self-destruction. Those were hazy years. I met Christie (then Stinson) in that summer course and we bonded over our shared love of the Pixies, the Pump up the Volume soundtrack, Papa John’s breadsticks, and save the world philosophy.
When the fall semester started, I moved into Collins dorm into a suite with Mary Kulesia and Jen R. Mary was my connection to Jeb Banner and that whole troupe of South Benders and Indianians in general: Simon Hanstead, Jason Yoder, etc.
Mary and I quickly bonded and would hold midnight dance parties just the two of us to Sisters of Mercy, the Cure, Ministry, NIN, you get the idea. I think we also had convinced ourselves that our room was haunted.
Other folks I was hanging with during this time were Lance Drake, Mike Beam, Michael Julius, Frederik, Jeff Blaize, and later Angela Creel, Andrea Freel, P.J. Christie, Leanne Maxwell. So those were my main connections there.
I moved to Indy in ’97 after an attempt to move out west was foiled by my mom. That was a weird time in my life...I became closer friends with Finn Swingley and met a lot of folks in that scene: Courtney, Vess, Ben Shine, LP, Jorma, etc. But other friendships were becoming strained, I knew I was stuck. Indiana didn’t want me (contrary to my favorite sandwich at the bagel shop on 3rd ave in B’ton). Not anymore anyway. Which was fine. I needed to get moving on to the next chapter in my life.
I visited NYC in the fall of 2000 en route to Connecticut. And with a certainty I’d never felt before, I knew that’s where my home lay. Three months later, I took the Amtrak across the wintry ice and snow landscape of Ohio and Pennsylvania and arrived in Penn Station on Jan. 4 of 2001.
My fondest memories are from the summer of 1992. Summer rental on....Fess? Mary and I both moved into the same house. Down the street from Simon and Lance and a bunch of those kids. I loved those homemade potato chips at the Village Deli. Guiltily gobbled down bacon-topped potato skins at the ...[yikes, blanking on the Irish pub] during those vegetarian years. Turkey and coleslaw on an onion bagel (Indiana Wants Me) at the bagel place. (Guess I wasn’t very good at the vegetarian thing). Playing hackeysack in People’s Park. Dusk to dawn conversations. Good friends, good cheer. An artist life to look forward to.
I've lived here in the city since and finally feel like I'm where I belong. Good friends. Good times. A pretty awesome dog named Arlo. Working as a copywriter. And paying too much for a one bedroom with a pretty great view of the Manhattan skyline.
Hi Indiana! Hi old friends!
- What bands are you or have you been in?
- Lance Drake and a couple of other kids and me formed a band called Spiderdance my freshman year in college. I'd just picked up the bass. Or maybe it was their idea I pick up the bass... At any rate, I REALLY wanted to rock it, but amateurishness and self-consciousness don't really make it in the music world... I think I lasted a month. Not sure if those guys kept playing together or not.
My rock&roll aspirations have been since dashed.
Okay that's a lie. A few years later, I would get together with my neighbor....geez, blanking on his name, my friend Melissa's boyfriend. And we wrote about ten songs (just need enough for one show). I only remember bits and pieces, but that was another stab at it.
- What city are you from?
- Seoul, Korea
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I forgot about the Spiderdance thing. Then again, from 1992-1993, the synapses were firing on all fronts and the gravy was oft wavy.