JEFF FUNK

Sunday, August 29, 2004

Horrorfind Weekend IV - Went to Baltimore couple weeks ago for the Horrorfind Con. Great city. Beautiful, actually. I can see why it's nicknamed "Charm City." Made me feel like I was on the set for an episode of Homicide: Life in the Streets or The Wire. Saw a bunch of people who have, in a few short years, become good friends. I especially enjoyed the evening of the DILFO room (you know who you are). And it was great to see Dave Barnett, GAK, Matt Schwartz, Doug Clegg, John Everson, Deena & Matt, Val & Diane, Bill Carl and a bunch of others I know I'm forgetting. Oh, Edward Lee--what a guy. We had a great chat about homeless people, bums, homeless shelters and their rigid policies (the hoops you have to go through to get a bed for the night). Lee confessed that he's fascinated because he's concerned he'll BECOME one of them. Heh. There were some great readings there, too. Doug Clegg, Ed Lee, Jack Ketchum, Michael Slade, F. Paul Wilson, Tom Monteleone, Joe R. Lansdale. I didn't really go up to the celebrity room, though it would have been cool to get George Romero's autograph. Oh well. I chose to stick to the little con within the con--the writers/authors circle.

¶ 5:34 PM | posted by Jeff Funk

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Jeff Funk, born in 1971, began his career as a composer/arranger when he was eighteen years old with the publication of his song, "Fly to the Sky Tonight." He has since written many choral works published by Warner Bros. Publications, over 1.7 million copies in print. Songs also published with Columbia Pictures Publications/Belwin Mills (CPP/Belwin), Kimmel Publications (a division of Hope Publishing), and Alfred Publishing. Wrote the opening song, "Believe in the Music," for the NBC telecast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2000. His piece "J.B.M.C.A. (Jingle Bells, Merry Christmas to All)" is co-published with Warner Bros. Publications' Beam Me Up Music (ASCAP) and the Village People's publishing company, Can't Stop Music (BMI). His fiction appears in ASYLUM 3 (Prime), DORM PORN 2 (Alyson Books) and the forthcoming DISTANT HORIZONS (Haworth Positronic Press), TALES OF TRAVELROTICA FOR GAY MEN, Vol. 2 (Alyson Books) and SUPERQUEEROES (Haworth Press). As an actor, he appears as "Crawling Man" in Tyler Tharpe's horror film, Return In Red. He lives in Auburn, Indiana.

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