Brad Paton
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Geek & Writer |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Introduction | The Bullets: MISC.- • md/dj KCOU/WNRN • drummer & a founding member of almost completely (and justifiably) unknown rock band, Bob Johnson/host and one of the creators of the 80's radio show, Les Temps Perdue School- • played soccer and graduated Collinsville High School in Ill., 1987 • played soccer and studied political science at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa 87-88 • studied history and too many languages (French, Italian, Homeric Greek and Mandarin) at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 88-90 • studied magazine writing and editing at University of Missouri- Columbia 91-93 Work- • a variety of Midwestern restaurants and banks 1985-1993 • MasterCard International (secretary, software tester/tech writer) 93-95 • Upline Publishing (geek/manager of most technical systems, and even a warehouse for a while) 95-2000 • internet consulting (web and database development with *AMP systems primarily, but also some Perl and shell scripting, primarily on Mac OS X plus various flavors of Unix) 01-current • e-commerce content/project manager/analyst 07-current |
| Interests | soccer, journalism, travel, music, languages, bbq, cheese, bread, chocolate, wine, beer, whisky & bourbon, tequila |
| Favorite Movies | La Dolce Vita, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Dazed and Confused, Dr. Strangelove, Blade Runner, Office Space |
| Favorite Music | My Bloody Valentine, Uncle Tupelo, The Beatles, Big Star, Pixies, Hüsker Dü, Replacements, Neil Young, The Boo Radleys, Astral Weeks, Pet Sounds |
| Favorite Books | The Once and Future King, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, Underworld, Duino Elegies, Immortality, Love in the Time of Cholera |