BY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I WAS ALREADY AN ACTIVE 'COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY'. MUSIC CLASS WAS BOYCOTTED BY SCREWING UP THE SINGING OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SONGS. IN RUSSIAN CLASS ALL EFFORTS WERE MADE TO GET BY WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF LEARNING - AS A SIGN OF PROTEST OF COURSE.

THESE WERE ALSO THE YEARS WHEN I DEVELOPED A SERIOUS INTEREST IN MUSIC. THANKS TO MY GREAT TEACHER AND FRIEND I GOT EXPOSED TO SOME OF THE MOST RADICAL STUFF GOING ON AT THAT. I MEAN LISTENING TO BAUHAUS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, THE SEX PISTOLS, PERE UBU AT AGE NINE IN COMMUNIST HUNGARY WAS PRETTY DAMN ADVANCED BY ALL STANDARDS.

IN 1984 I WAS PLAYING DRUMS FOR THE BAND "KAMPEC DOLORES". AMAZINGLY THEY ARE STILL ACTIVE TO THIS DAY. THIS WAS A GREAT ERA FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND THE MUSIC SCENE IN HUNGARY - WHICH OF COURSE COLLAPSED ALONG WITH THE SYSTEM IT PROTESTED.

I SPENT MY HIGHSCHOOL YEARS AT ONE OF THE 8 PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS LEFT IN COMMUNIST HUNGARY. I MET SOME PRETTY AMAZING PEOPLE THERE WHO HAD GREATLY INFLUENCED MY THINKING, LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY.

AFTER HIGHSCHOOL IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR ME TO LEAVE HUNGARY. I ARRIVED IN DALLAS, TEXAS IN JANUARY OF 1987. BUDAPEST-DALLAS WAS THE BIGGEST CONTRAST OF MY LIFE. I HATED THE HIGHWAY-CITIES, THE IMPERSONALITY OF MALLS, SHOPPING CENTERS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES OF SUBURBIA.

AFTER A YEAR OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE I ENDED UP JOINING THE US ARMY. PRIMARILY FOR THE COLLEGE MONEY AND THE CHANCE OF GETTING STATIONED BACK IN EUROPE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, ARMY LIFE WAS NOT FOR ME. BUT I TOOK THE BEST OUT OF IT. I TRAVELLED ALL AROUND IN EUROPE AND EVEN GOT THE CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THE LEAST TOURISTY PLACES IN THE MIDDLE EAST - NOT BY CHOICE. LIVING IN GERMANY FOR 3 YEARS THOUGH GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE MOST OF MY ARTWORK.

I FINISHED THE REST OF MY COLLEGE YEARS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WHERE I WAS ALSO A DJ FOR ONE OF THE BEST COLLEGE RADIO STATIONS IN THE NATION - KVRX 91.7. I CHOOSE TO STUDY INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MAINLY BECAUSE IT SOUNDED WAY MORE INTERESTING THAN ANY OTHER BUSINESS PROGRAM. THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO BE ABLE TO COME TO NYC AND AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. I GOT A JOB HERE IN NYC RIGHT AFTER COLLEGE. I WAS DOING COMPUTER WORK FOR THIS CONSULTING COMPANY. AFTER A WHILE I GOT INTERESTED IN THE WEB, SO I JOINED A WEB STARTUP WHERE I WORK AT THE PRESENT TIME.