Ken Concepcion

, Attended 1988 - 1992, Class of 1992

Catholic school; went public from grades 7th through 12th; studied art, english, and navelgazing in college

Washington University in St. Louis, Attended 1992 - 1996, Class of 1996, Bachelor's Degree

pots & pans; herbs & spices

Assimilated Asians; Lapsed Catholics; Hungry Couch; White-Eyed Daughter; All About Linus; The Flannels

Music. Film. Painting. Social events (sadly, I hate people). The Daily Seige. Wines with JHL. Drinking rum and tequila. Anarchy via Banksy. Fish Tacos. Non-commital exercise. The work of Richard Serra. Kitchen spanish. Making soup for beautiful women. Monthly publications and periodicals.

The Game; Gatsby; A Return To Cooking; Microserfs; Lolita; Fortress of Solitude; Sex, Drugs, & Coco-Puffs; Bouchon; A Natural History of the Senses; Its All American Food

involve or play upon(at least or a combination of): unrequited love; hipster soundtracks; main characters who are nostalgic for the immediate past; navelgazing; fumbled kisses; unnecessary sexual relations; driving long distances on our nation's highways as a metaphor for finding one's self; elaborate high school proms; the "fish out of water" concept; drug use (chronic or recreational); subtitles; young women from the Old World; heroic anit-heroes; Science experiements gone horribly awry; the trials and tribulations of living young and single in NYC; the actress Paz Vega

PARALLEL LINES, Blondie; THE BENDS, Radiohead; BEING THERE, Wilco; THE BLUEPRINT, Jay-Z; THE SCORE, the Fugees; POSES, Rufus Wainwright; APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION, Guns N' Roses; LIVE THROUGH THIS, Hole; LIKE A PRAYER, Madonna; WOODFACE, Crowded House; ANTICS, Interpol; COLLEGE DROPOUT, Kanye West; SURFER ROSA, the Pixies; Z, My Morning Jacket; REMEDY, Basement Jaxx; KILL THE MOONLIGHT, Spoon; STRANGERS ALMANAC, Whiskeytown; WHEN THE PAWN..., Fiona Apple; DEFINATELY MAYBE, Oasis; IS THIS IT?, the Strokes; STORIES BY THE CITY..., PJ HARVEY; NIGHTBEAT, Sam Cooke; ARULAR, M.I.A.; LET IT BE, The Replacements; CAR WHEELS..., Lucinda Williams; 100 BROKEN WINDOWS, Idlewild; RHYTHM NATION, Janet Jackson; SIGN O' THE TIMES, Prince; THE QUEEN IS DEAD, The Smiths; FURNACE ROOM LULLABYE, Neko Case; AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE, R.E.M.; STANKONIA, Outkast; EXILE ON MAIN STREET, the Rolling Stones; LOW END THEORY, A Tribe Called Quest; GISH, the Smashing Pumpkins; THE STONE ROSES, the Stone Roses ...

(When I used to watch it) LOST, GREY'S ANATOMY, 24, PROJECT RUNWAY, IRON CHEF AMERICA, The OC (all that pandering target demographic shit, like HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER).

East Coast at heart, adjusting and coping to West Coast lifestyle.
Toothpick afficionado
Chronic over-orderer in dining situations
Tendency to fetishize joints, collarbones, artisinal foodstuffs, hairstyles
Abhor Saint Louis thin-crust pizza.
Can easily understand Taglog, but can't speak a lick of it.
Currently obsessed with visiting the Airplane "Bone Yard" in AZ
Dream job in my tweens: collecting earthworms
Dream job in my teens: Marine paratrooper from Paris Island
Dream job in my 20s: Soundtrack producer for the REAL WORLD
Dream job in my 30s: Supervisor of craft services for THE OC
Dream job in my 40s: Making breakfast for strangers along the beach
Would not wish undercooked eggplant on my archenemy.
Would be happy to feed raw green bell peppers to my nemesis.
Drive-Thru "touchless" carwashes are one of the last places on the planet I can find a few precious minutes of sudsy, swirly, solace at a nominal fee upfront; That my Scion gets all shiny and spotless is just pure gravy.

Muhammad Ali; Prince; Jonathan Ives; Deborah Harry, MFK Fisher; Lucien Freud; Stevie Nicks; Dave Pirner-era Winona Ryder; Stephen Patrick Morrissey, Banksy, Stan Lee, Jaques Pepin, Chad Hugo, Neil Strauss, Lenny Dykstra.
..Until then you'll do just fine.