straw2gold history:

1981
Longwood HS Senior Film Program – Middle Island, NY
super8 (tribute to John Lennon)

1982 - 1987
First Audio Field Recordings (2-track cassette)

1988
Film Trucks, NYC – Film Rental House (lighting & cable department)

1990
Breitrose/Seltzer - Sound Stage (stage manager)

1991 - 1998
Big City Films – Sound Stage (stage manager)
First DAT Recordings (field & live concert recordings)
including: Allen Ginsberg, Albert Owens, Lionel Ziprin – Songs For Schizoid Siblings

1999
Antony and The Johnsons – Knitting Factory, NYC archival (sound recordist)
Angkor Wat & Sok River Thailand (DAT field recordings)
“Greetings Fellow Pickers” – Guitar Festival Summer 1999 Leo Records cd-lr 386/387
featuring: Thurston Moore, Eugene Chadbourne, Joe Morris, Jim O’Rourke, Kim Gordon

2000
St. Mark's Poetry Project - annual New Year's day poetry marathon (camera operator)
Musicians of Banteay Srei - Siem Reap, Cambodia (DAT field recordings)
“Peter Brotzmann Tentet” – Tonic, NYC - DV doc (broadcast Nickelsdorf Jazz Festival, Austria) (sound recordist, camera operator)

2001
St. Mark's Poetry Project - annual New Year's day poetry marathon (camera operator)
“Whether You Like It Or Not, The Story Of Hedwig” - DV doc (sound recordist, camera operator)
“Squeeze Box - The Movie” (Documentary) (associate producer, sound recordist, camera operator)
featuring: Nina Hagen, Deborah Harry, John Waters
Kiki & Herb – Live At Fez, NYC archival (camera operator)
Mudd Jeans - 35mm “College Days” nationwide TV spot
Antony and The Johnsons with Lou Reed – PS 122, NYC archival (camera operator)
“Live at The Knit” - Victor Rice – Knitting Factory, NYC web download (sound recordist)
“Derek Bailey – Playing For Friends On 5th Street” S2G-002 (producer, director)

2002
St. Mark's Poetry Project - annual New Year's day poetry marathon (camera operator)
“Party Starts Now” - Toilet Boys – nationwide tour - 24 Cities in 30 days (camera operator, sound recordist)
Vision Festival – featuring: Billy Bang, Roy Campbell, William Parker (camera operator)

2003
St. Mark's Poetry Project - annual New Year's day poetry marathon (camera operator)
“That’s Beautiful Frank” – DV feature starring Edgar Oliver (post-production) (sound recordist)
Vision Festival – Joe McPhee, Billy Bang, Milford Graves (camera operator, sound recordist)
JT Leroy & Thistle – reading & performance - Coral Room, NYC (camera operator, sound recordist)
Bowery Poetry Club – 1st Anniversary reading (camera operator, sound recordist)
Arto Lindsay – Tonic, NYC (camera operator, sound recordist)
“Peter Brotzmann Tentet” - Tonic, NYC - DV doc (broadcast at Nickelsdorf Jazz Festival, Austria)
Jayne County & The Electric Chairs – Don Hill’s, NYC (camera operator, sound recordist)
“MusicWitness®” featuring: Billy Bang, Joe McPhee (broadcast at Tampere Jazz Festival, Finland)
Eugene Chadbourne (Jack and Jim & Pat) – Tour of Denmark & Norway (camera operator, sound recordist)

2004
St. Mark's Poetry Project - annual New Year's day poetry marathon (camera operator)
Brian Jackson – SOB’s, NYC (camera operator, sound recordist)
Cecil Taylor AHA Big Band – Iridium, NYC 14 sets (camera operator, sound recordist)
“The Way Of Cecil Taylor” – (DV Documentary) premiere - Galapagos Art Space, NYC (producer, director)
Cecil Taylor trio – Castle Clinton, NYC archival (camera operator, sound recordist)
“Steve Paul Puppet Show” – Plan B, NYC – weekly show (camera operator, sound recordist)

2005
St. Mark's Poetry Project - annual New Year's day poetry marathon (camera operator)
“Afterparty” – nightlife reality based TV for FUSE network (sound recordist)
Cecil Taylor – Blue Note, NYC archival (camera operator, sound recordist)
“The Vampire’s Revenge” Dom Minasi – (DV Documentary) (camera operator)
Cecil Taylor – Context Studios & Iridium, NYC (camera operator, sound recordist)
“Curvation” - national radio spot with Queen Latifah (sound recordist)
“Spiritworld” – William Parker s2g-004 (director, sound recordist, mixing & mastering)
July 4th Liberty State Park Music Festival, NJ
Featuring: Jason Linder Big Band (camera operator, sound recordist)
NYC Park's Department Music Festival – Fort Greene Park, Brower Park, Von King Park, High Bridge Park, Cadman Park Plaza
featuring: Big Daddy Kane, Beatnuts, Roy Ayers (camera operator, sound recordist)
Billy Kaye – Lennox Lounge, NYC (camera operator, sound recordist)
Cisneros Family Documentary, NYC private doc (sound recordist)
Katrina Benefit – BB King Club – Last Poets, Beatnuts, Talib Kweli (camera operator, sound recordist)
Roy Campbell – Stone, NYC – 10 sets with Reggie Workman/Rashid Ali (camera operator, sound recordist)
“Nation of We” - Steve Swell – Bowery Poetry Club (camera operator, sound recordist)
“IBOGA” Play About Ibogaine - Pace University, NYC (camera operator, sound recordist)
God Save NY - event – Coral Room, NYC – Karen Finley, Guy Furrow, Boy George, Rufus Wainwright (camera operator, sound recordist)
Billy Squier – BB King Club, NYC – (sound recordist) "solo & interview"
“I Own Vermont” - DV Short - (sound recordist)

2006
St. Mark's Poetry Project - annual New Year's day poetry marathon (camera operator)
“Hamlake” 35mm short starring Josh Hartnett (sound recordist)
“Steve Swell & Nation Of We” – Live at Bowery Poetry Club – Ayler Records (sound engineer)
William Parker (curator)– Stone, NYC – William Parker with Rob Brown & Hamid Drake (camera operator, sound recordist)
New York Dolls – CBGB’s, NYC (camera operator, sound recordist)
“Theo And The Skyscrapers” - Morpheus Records (sound engineer)
“G.O.I.N. – Eugene Chadbourne” s2g-003 (producer, director) "Get Out Of Iraq Now"
“Bounce Squad” - Reality TV pilot (sound recordist)
“Raphe Malik Tribute” – St. Peter’s Church, NYC (film shown in tribute)
“MusicWitness® Genesis & Testimony” (premiere at Anthology Film Archives, NYC) (director)
“Motherf*cker” – Nightclub Documentary (camera operator)
Rhythm in the Kitchen Festival – Hell’s Kitchen Cultural Center (audio dubbing only)
Vision Festival – entire festival (multi-track audio and mixdown, 2 camera shoot)
July 4th Liberty State Park Music Festival, NJ (multi-track audio, camera operator)
featuring: Cheap Trick, George Clinton, Patti Smith
“Derek Bailey - Playing For Friends On 5th Street” (shown at Interplay Berlin Festival)
“Car seat & Sign Language” American Baby – DV industrial (sound recordist)
“Blood Lodge on Hooker Lake” - Skinemax DV feature (sound recordist)
Landmark Signs – DVD industrial (producer, director)
“Belzervizion” – Richard Belzer web comedy (sound recordist) multiple episodes
Jim Bidgood Documentary – interview (sound recordist)
December @ The Stone, NYC (curated by Bruce Gallanter & Manny Maris)- 57 sets in 29 days (multi-track audio and mixdown, camera operator)

2007
St. Mark's Poetry Project - annual New Year's day poetry marathon (camera operator)
Han Bennink – Tonic, NYC – 4 sets (multi-track audio and mixdown, camera operator)
“Advil - The Office” – HD-industrial (sound recordist)
“The Stone: Issue Two – Fred Frith / Chris Cutler – Live at The Stone” Tzadik cd-special edition-0003 (sound engineer)
Silver Factory Ball event – Deborah Harry, Taylor Mead (multi-track audio and mixdown, camera operator)
“Thira” – HD-indie feature (post-production) (sound recordist)
Wyeth – Corp Training video (sound recordist)
Sam Rivers trio – Columbia University, Miller Theater (camera operator)
EMI Music – Industrial (sound recordist)
“Eugene Chadbourne 2001: A Spaced Odyssey” – MA-001 (producer, director)
HD-NYC Music Doc for the web - Anton Nadler: director (sound recordist)
“Living Dangerously” – trailer for feature (sound recordist)
“Topps Santa” – web industrial - Spike Lee: production (sound recordist)

2008
St. Mark's Poetry Project - annual New Year's day poetry marathon (camera operator)
John Zorn/Lou Reed/Laurie Anderson - Stone benefit (multi-track audio and mixdown)
Charnett Moffett - Iridium, NYC (multi-track audio and mixdown, camera operator)
“The Jack and Jim Show - 2007 Live at The Stone” - MA-002 (producer, director)