Tory |
Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming
I started playing saxophone in the fifth grade. I added piano and guitar (none of which I claim to play with any degree of technical expertise) before starting the band Adrenochrome in 1993 with friend and classmate, Matt Holliman. Adrenochrome became Dead Pornography, and after ten years and numerous agents saying "I can't book a band called Dead Pornography," Dead Pornography became Dear Anna.
I love to watch movies, the more twisted the better. My idea of a good double feature is Donnie Darko and Blue Velvet. I love David Lynch and Kevin Smith, I can't stand My Own Private Idaho. I love the new Batman movies, although the first one directed by Tim Burton was fantastic. If given the chance I could spent an entire week doing nothing but eating, sleeping, and watching movies.
I hate most of what is on television. I love Battlestar Galactica, especially when it hits too close to home. I could spend all day watching The Venture Brothers, The Boondocks, Squidbillies, Futurama, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Metalocalypse, Robot Chicken, and Frisky Dingo; better make that a week. The original Star Trek and TNG are great. I've recently added the new Doctor Who, but don't tell Anna. The Prisoner has got to be one of the top five television series of all time.
I love music, which should come as no surprise since I'm in a band. I've been pretty picky until the last few years. I have hundreds of CDs, and my iTunes library is nearly twice the size of my iPod. I can't stand rap, I despise country, and top 40 makes me physically ill. I love alternative.
Anna says that I don't read. Partly because I don't have the time, but mostly because I've already read most of what's worth reading. 99.9% of all worthwhile literature was published before I was born, and I read a lot of that while I was in school, so I find it difficult to justify spending hours reading crap like The Secret.
I'm hopelessly addicted to the Macintosh platform and OS. Twas ever thus...
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| Tory has degrees in computer science and information systems management, and he doesn't use them. He pays the bills with a day job and moonlights as a martini dealer for The Naughty Librarians. He can't really sing, which makes him highly qualified to front a rock band which, incidentally, is named for his wife. |
