Joel Benjamin Rusch
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| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Milwaukee, WI, United States |
| Introduction | Joel grew up in a suburb of Milwaukee, with dreams of being an astronaut. Despite this, he got a BA in both English and Music. After living and teaching English in China for a year, he returned to America to be a part-time musician. Now, while continuing his musicianship, he does his best to also pursue his passions of computers, writing, and art through freelance work. One day, he hopes to be both happy and debt-free while living in low earth orbit. |
| Interests | experimental music, modern American literature, science-fiction, impressionism, philosophy of religion, particle physics, tea, fascinating innovations |
| Favorite Movies | Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, Amelie, Dekalog (1989), Primer, Fight Club, Children of Men, Trigun (トライガン), Сталкер (1979), The Iron Giant, Gattaca, Sin City |
| Favorite Music | Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Lodger (Finnish Indie), Dimension X, The Gufs, Hector Berlioz, Dmitri Shostakovich, MUSE, Nightwish, Brian Eno, Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子), The Fray, Nitin Sawhney, Daft Punk, Depeche Mode |
| Favorite Books | Herman Melville, Philip K. Dick, Richard Matheson, Harlan Ellison, Douglas Adams, C.S. Lewis, Thomas Pynchon, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Orson Scott Card, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Stephan Baxter, Ray Bradbury, Mark Twain |