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Name

timothy sasscer

About Me

52 inteligentleman, educated, bilingual,creative. raised outside the u.s. (puerto rico) until college prefer pistols anarchy to clash's dilettantism=but still a fan of London Calling/Sandinista- a firm believer that punk is an attitude, a philosophy not a style...so, godard, kathy acker, noam chomsky...anybody who does good work...when I lived and worked in atlanta in the mid 80's, I had a series of bands, one of which was called 'synchro system' after the sunny ade record, and which we billed as 'afro-punk'...perhaps you get many people saying they thought of the term; I think of it like scientists all working on the same idea independently, using the same resources but not necessarily knowing about each other, and often different laboratories come up with similar results. Anyway, at that time and that place, afro-punk was not the catchy construct it is today, although we're all proud of what we accomplished. Believe we should all know our history...especially the edited-out parts...but as for art, strongly believe Ezra Pound's dictate: 'make it new', and so not much of a fan of retro anything.

You can be my friend if...

...we both want it...

Occupation:

foreign language teacher, public schools

Favorite bands:

PiL, Black Uhuru, Arto Lindsay, Fela, the EX, John Coltrane,

love experimental hip hop and electronica, avant-garde in any genre, but especially in jazz, plus any subversive and or joyous sounds from any country

Favorite movies:

c'mon...caligari/potemkin/bicycle thief/godard/truffaut/8 1/2/apu trilogy/ we could do this all week...

Favorite books:

100 years of solitude, many, many others

Favorite Magazines:

the wire...but many others as well...

Relationship status:

single

Orientation:

Straight

Zodiac Sign

scorpio

Kids?:

no, thanks

Smoke/Drink?

yes/yes

Band Question - Genre:

I don't have a band...although I do play and record at home

Band Question - Sounds like:

striving towards a caribbean art punk sound that incorporates electronica, noise, ecstatic release, and poetry

Band Question - Musical Influences:

for international experimentation: arto lindsay, the ex, dj/rupture,