Me at the piano in Studio City, California on Feb. 17, 2011. Photo credit: Noah Banks.

Hi there. Most of you probably know me from MY STORIES for Los Angeles Times, Wired Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle and 2011 Webby Award Best Writing Finalist Wired.com.

On the music front, THEY JUST KEEP COMING ON, my song about the crap economy and mess in Washington D.C. joins my CD in progress, which is being mixed by producer Lee Popa (Ministry, Cheap Trick, White Zombie). You can also check out Come Out Swinging music video featuring Chicago guitarist J.D. Dragus, and my BMI Workshop finalist musical Wrecking Ball.

I grew up in the Old Country - - Chicago - - and moved to Los Angeles' posh Pacific Palisades neighborhood in 2000 to manage a Tribune Company website. After a year, I jumped ship and re-located to Sherman Oaks followed by a brief home ownership misadventure in Van Nuys, nicknamed Helltown by my wife Marla.

I now live in Studio City. From the baking hot home office here, I blog daily at Wired.com, write a weekly San Francisco Chronicle movie column Industry Buzz, cover art, design and architecture for Los Angeles Times, report on hyper-local stuff for AOL's Studio City Patch and contribute TV features to the New York Times.

The twisted path from rock and roller to journalist included a stint as a website designer and editorial producer for Tribune Media Services. Ride the Wild Resume to track my fonts-gone-wild work history.

Got away from it all for a three-month 1996 sabbatical on Pawley's Island in South Carolina. Here's are a couple of beach shots featuring my faithful companion -- Ladies and gentlemen, it's. . . the wonder dog, Lulu. And, more recently, the runaway Huck

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