From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Casey Spooner
Casey Spooner
Casey Spooner (born February 2, 1970) is an American
artist and musician. He was born in Athens, Georgia and
References
resides in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Spooner is openly [1] Reighley, Kurt B (2005-05-10). "Casey and friends".
gay.[1] While attending the Art Institute of Chicago he The Advocate. http://google.com/
met Warren Fischer. The two went on to cofound Fisch- search?q=cache:z1_bknzj5AQJ:findarticles.com/p/
erspooner in New York in 1998. articles/mi_m1589/is_/ai_n13776930. Retrieved
Spooner has submitted works for Deitch Projects and 2007-10-05
an album by R.E.M. A promotion for Fischerspooner’s [2] http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2005/03/28/
second album included an art Salon/Art Exhibition of all casey_spooner_fischerspooner.php
the images used in making of the album, this has since [3] "Casey Spooner: Fischerspooner". SuicideGirls.com.
been linked to Warhol.[2] 27 April 2009. http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/
Spooner has contributed and worked on shows with Casey+Spooner%3A+Fischerspooner/. Retrieved
Doorika, a performance arts collective based in Chicago 2009-04-27.
and New York City. [4] "Casey Spooner Site".
Casey joined experimental New York performance http://www.caseyspooner.com. Retrieved
ensemble The Wooster Group in 2007, taking on the role 2010-03-08.
of Ophelia’s brother Laertes in their production of Hamlet [5] "Kickstarter Project".
(which featured two Fischerspooner songs that were http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/
composed for the show). During this time, he also began 1723186001/casey-spooner-wants-to-tour-with-
work on a third Fischerspooner album (with Warren Fis- scissor-sisters. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
cher).[3] Entertainment was released in North America Persondata
via the band’s own label FS Studios on May 4, 2009, pro-
Name Spooner, Casey
duced by Jeff Saltzman (The Killers, The Black Keys, The
Sounds). An American and European Tour, known as Alternative names
Between Worlds, continued all through 2009. Like in oth- Short description
er Fischerspooner’s performances, Spooner was the main Date of birth 1970-02-02
figure of the show.
Place of birth
In January 2010, Spooner distributed online his first
solo work, the song Faye Dunaway, as a preview of a 2010 Date of death
solo album. The album, according to words by Spooner Place of death
on Twitter, was recorded directly after finishing Enter-
tainment, and was scheduled for release in 2010. The song
can still be downloaded for free from his website.[4]
He served as the opening act for Scissor Sisters on
their North American tour. This was possible thanks to
the funding provided by his fans through Kickstarter,
the crowdfunding online platform.[5] Currently, he is at
home in NY after releasing his solo album, Adult Contem-
porary.
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