SoulSwirl

Wait, What happened? I musta been sucked into a vortex and lost 15 years. Sarcastic father of three collegiate cannibals who made soup of me starting at the feet: Painter, designer, dreamer, nose-picker, traffic violator, pez is the new crack cocaine, shut up I like Star Wars Figures and comics, do you really think i'm pretty.

I like to draw and paint and sculpt and photo and carve and sew and string things together. I use whatever is on hand in the moment to do so, but I tend to gravitate toward watercolors, pencils and spray paint. Gauche is the most horrible smelling stuff ever and i refuse to use it, unless in dire straits.

I'm not big on cutie stuff. It's a great space to visit, but i wouldn't want to dwell there. I can draw it for kids but would rather draw a big lizard eating a tree or goblins with raptors.

I like the public library, except for the crazy dude in the back of the 2nd floor who camps out all day, with bottles of energy drink and coffee, and freaks out if you by chance take a phone call in the corner behind the stacks. Please keep up on that lithium prescription, my dude.

Oh, and my mother.....I like her too.

I did WITR College Radio 1991-93 in Rochester New York. A midnight to 6am slot that was filled with Industrial, 4AD and Downtempo. I currently host a punk rock radio show on the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month at http://www.mixcloud.com/soundclubco It's called COllision. And i have another persona named Romeo Pfülpauer who does Synthwave/80s/Electronic mixes here and there when i/he/they have the time.

Like the seasons, I rotate genres: Summer is punk, Fall is electronic/hiphop, Winter gits me all choked up with festive renditions of the classics by post punk and indie rockers and Spring is the time for rebirth of noise and Jazz.

I fixate and read entire collections written by an author. I've done all Anne Rice vampire, witch and mummy books. Tolkien's entire collection. And don't get me started about DUNE. But mostly i read magazines and try to stay current on trends so that i can dress the part I play on TV.

I like to sew big things. Blankets, critters, sock monsters. I have boxes of finely cut out magazine clippings that litter my paintings....big paintings in gallery size.

Glass beads, dammit. My kids are constantly stealing my stash of glass beads for their own projects. but i make a mean necklace when i find some doozy beads.

And the kids call it "Candy" but I know it as a bracelet of plastic beads.

I like to ride my bikes. All of them have a certain occasion to fill and I try to create other occasions so that i can find a new bike, fix it up and add it to my collection. I had 8 at one point but downsized to my current roster is 3. Love dem bikes.

I like the folks who are happy to oblige newbies and people with a bit of tarnish on their records. No one is perfect and those swappers that are, may need to do something more with their lives than dwell on the symbiotic exchange of mail. Step out of your box, take a step back and feel the vibe kiddos. FRESH AIR RULES!!

We all get a rating from this community that sits next to our name like a pimple on the nose and if life got in the way of a swap and you dropped the ball, be an adult and shoot a message (if you can) so that folks know you were hassled by the man (ICE or otherwise) and you need to take a minute to get you poop back together.