Philip Hersch, I'm rooting for you and your career, I really am, but I'd like to get to the point in my life where prospective employers aren't sketched out by my past life as a "former-Israeli commando, now the Head of Security for a Southern California Jewish high school." On a tangential point, I'm not sure whether I am supposed to interpret going from a Mossad commando to Beverly Hills (High) Cop as a step up, but alas I am not willing to spend the $4.95 on shipping and handling to find out for sure.
That being said, it's not exactly an exciting platform for robust virtual broadcasting to the outside world. Surely I stand for something besides shameless self-promotion, or rather, defensive ego management.
Now, if you happen to be a potential employer, friend or vindictive blackmailer, let me explain a couple of things you will find in my googly-past.
1) Saxophonist Ari Joseph Pushes the Limits of Campus Music Scene
Yes, I am a saxophonist. For a while, this was the #1 Google result for my name, and I was quite content because it belied a certain creativity and risk-taking that I like to project to the outside world, but apparently the four hits it was getting was not enough to sustain its top-ranked position, soon replaced by Philip Hersch and his burgeoning acting career. But hopefully this explanation will also provide a nice segue into explaining...
2) Fuck you Saxophonist Ari Joseph
...which was an entry written by powerfriend Tyler Kremberg (coincidentally, the same Tyler Kremberg who coded www.arijoseph.com) in an effort to show his search optimization prowess over the laymen. Now, with full understanding of the vulgarity of such a statement, I would hope that we can all agree upon its relative inanity and move on. And if not, well, then I pre-emptively apologize if I have crossed you in some way that would inspire you to use my saxophone powers against me.
Tyler Kremberg and Ari Joseph circa New Year's Eve 2007.
3) WHDH - Special Report - Rush to Romance
The year was 2008, and the date of airing was February 14th. Two nights earlier, I had accompanied a young woman on a date set up by CrazyBlindDate which ended up being aired on the local news. After its obligatory airing among all of my friends who proceeded to microcritique my game skeellz, business cards were eventually made to commemorate my newly-dubbed title of "Dater."
There are plenty of other fun little tidbits you can find out about me from surfing these here interwebs, but I will let you get to that and leave it in the comments section. Perhaps I will devote a bit of a running commentary to such trivial pieces of information, but more than likely I will focus on things that tend not to embarrass me quite so much. In the meantime, enjoy.
Currently wearing: golf shorts, a Threadless T, a Brooklyn Industries hoodie and a smile.
Currently listening to: a mix of songs that are exactly 2:42, based on Joshua Allen's ingenious essay on the magical length for the perfect pop song. Some standouts in my library include:
1. Blackbird by Doves
2. I Shall Not Be Moved by Johnny Cash
3. Inoculated City by The Clash
4. Jealousy by Natalie Merchant
5. You Could Have It So Much Better by Franz Ferdinand
6. Now At Last by Feist
7. Seen This Mexico by Shrimp Boat
8. Emily Kane by Art Brut
9. Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV of Spain
by Cul de Sac
10. London Halflife by Metric
11. St Augustine by Band of Horses
12. K by The Clientele
13. Providence by Sonic Youth
14. Dia de Graca by Elza Soares
15. Magic Step by Sam Prekop
16. Will Gravity Win Tonight? by Matthew Dear
17. Busy Signal by Prefuse 73
18. Sherbert Head by Boards of Canada
19. By the Cathedral by Keren Ann
20. Nada Sera Como Antes by Elis Regina
...and many others!
Thanks, and good night.
-Ari
p.s. look to friendlymixtape for new mixes coming soon.
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