Born in San Francisco, raised on the San Francisco Giants and Major League Baseball, Richard Dyer can often be found listening to the music of Raymond Scott, Antonio Vivaldi, Phish, or Thelonious Monk.
He is a member of ActiveBass.com and has published a history of organized crime in Chicago during Prohibition: www.HymieWeiss.com. Do not disturb him when he's watching pre-Code Hollywood films or HBO's "The Wire".
Favorite quote: "My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music." --Vladimir Nabokov