Focus On: Mark Klatte

Find out about resident TSS artist and Web maestro, Mark Klatte.

April 27, 2001

Name: Mark Klatte

Job Title: Associate Web producer for "The Screen Savers"

Homepage: My music projects, The Other and Thallium.

Favorite website: Bringdown.com, the funniest site ever -- especially "Artistic Prison."

First computer: Apple Mac Performa 6300CD. At the time, it was hot s**t. I still have it.

Favorite piece of technology: That's a hard one. Either my Moog Memorymoog synth or my Oberheim OB8 synth. Both are breathtaking.

Favorite author and book: Jack Womack and "Random Acts of Senseless Violence"

Favorite movie or TV show: I don't watch much TV, but it's a toss-up between "The Simpsons" and "Strangers With Candy," which was cancelled. "Touch of Evil" and "The Ice Storm" are my favorite movies.

Favorite quote: Everything in moderation, including moderation.

The Proust Questions:

What is your most marked characteristic? Probably my tattoos, piercings, and goatee.

What do you consider your greatest achievement? Happiness.

When and where were you happiest? Here and now.

What is your greatest regret? My one and only marriage.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Creating balance within this chaos.

What is your most treasured possession? Knowledge.

Where would you like to live? Far away from San Francisco.

What is your greatest fear? Boredom.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My obsessive nature.

What is the trait you most deplore in others? Weakness.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Piety.

What is your greatest extravagance? Politeness when dealing with ill-mannered folks.

What is your favorite journey? Any long road trip.

What is it that you most dislike? Stupidity.

What is the quality you most like in a man? Intelligence.

What is the quality you most like in a woman? Intelligence.

What do you most value in your friends? Loyalty.

If you were to come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? A clone of myself.

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? A ten-foot tall biomechanical shrew.

How would you like to die? With my finger on the big, red, candy-like button, like Stimpy.