Andy Whitman
- Gender: Male
- Industry: Communications or Media
- Occupation: Writer
- Location: Westerville : Ohio : United States
About Me
Successfully disguised as a suburbanite. One wife, Kate, of indeterminate age, two daughters, Katryn, 22, a senior at Kent State University, and Rachel, 19, a sophomore at Ohio University. I'm 53, still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I write techie books and develop IT marketing materials for one of my paychecks. I love music, literature, and films. I write a lot, for Paste Magazine, for All Music Guide (allmusic.com), for Christianity Today Magazine, for Image Journal. Sometimes I speak about music on college campuses and at Arts conferences. I love Jesus, sometimes not all that well, but I struggle with the way that is expressed in most American churches. I am not a Red State Bush supporter, and I think it's important to care about people not only before they're born, but after they're born as well. I could not care less about fertilizer or lawn care, but I can discuss the merits of Ortho Weed 'n Feed vs. Scott's Turbuilder in a pinch. This is what comes of living in suburbia.
Favorite Music
- Bob Dylan
- Van Morrison
- Al Green
- Miles Davis
- John Coltrane
- Bruce Cockburn
- Richard Thompson
- Bruce Springsteen
- Sigur Ros
- The Hold Steady
- Lambchop
- Joe Henry
- Tom Waits
- Jolie Holland
- Buddy and Julie Miller
- Gram Parsons
- Joni Mitchell
- The Pogues
- The Beatles
- Bill Evans
- Brad Mehldau
- Radiohead
- Muddy Waters
- Steve Earle
- John Prine
- Thelonious Monk
- Frank Sinatra
- Camera Obscura
- The Clash
- U2
- Bill Monroe
- Hank Williams
- Sonny Rollins
- Howlin' Wolf
- New Pornographers
- Sufjan Stevens
- Red House Painters/Sun Kill Moon
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Bill Mallonee
- Mark Heard
- Lucinda Williams
Favorite Books
- Got a few years? But for starters
- anything by Flannery O'Connor
- David Foster Wallace
- Donald Barthelme
- Marilynne Robinson
- and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The usual English major suspects -- Dickens
- Shakespeare
- Faulkner
- Thomas (not Tom) Wolfe Annie Dillard
- Graham Greene
- Walker Percy
- Milan Kundera
- Ann Lamott
- John Updike
- Raymond Chandler
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Dashiell Hammett
- Eudora Welty
- Kathleen Norris
- Victor Hugo
- Shelby Foote
- Henri Nouwen
- Larry McMurtry
- and many
- many more.
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| Columbus Mix Xchange | jenny mae. Columbus Mix Xchange Jacqui John Warren Jessie Ryan Jason kel and kev nathansmart Robin Oatts Michael N. Nick |
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| Razing the Bar |