San Francisco resident and occasional accordionist for the
Magnetic Fields, appearing on
69 Love Songs and in
concert; also a
writer by trade who has published two adult novels,
The Basic Eight (a tale of
high school vengeance, the
rage of teenage intellectuals, and scarcely requited love -
1999) and
Watch Your Mouth (a self-proclaimed
operatic incest horror comedy -
2000), as well as various magazine articles.
He often makes public appearances for the reclusive
Lemony Snicket, author of the children's novels "
A Series of Unfortunate Events."