My name is
Tom
Anderson. I attended University of California,
Berkeley from 1994 to 1998, and
graduated in 1998 with a
Bachelor of Arts in
Rhetoric and
English. From 1999 to 2000,
I attended
University of
California,
Los Angeles and graduated with a
master's degree in
film - critical studies.
In 2003, a few
computer programmers and I set up the first
pages of
MySpace, and the site grew
from there. It is currently the most
popular social networking website on the
Internet, consistently performing in United States
web traffic rankings.
I work at
MySpace.
Send me a message if you're confused by anything on that site.
Also, feel free to tell me what features you want to see on MySpace
and if I think it's cool, we'll do it!
I am the
President of the website
MySpace. I founded the site
along with CEO and friend
Chris DeWolfe.
I'm thinking about settling down and getting
married, having
kids, getting a nice house in the
suburbs with a picket fence
and a dog. Ok-- maybe not that
American Dream-like but you get the
idea. :-)
Music:
Bands:
Beatles, Superdrag, Jackson 5,
Weezer, Sex Pistols, The
Carpenters, Vain,
Radiohead, Teenage Fanclub, Rocket
from the Crypt, Pitchfork, Oasis, Rialto, Supergrass, Travis, The
Doors, Cheap Trick, Simple Plan, Alice Cooper, KISS, A*TEENS, The
Beach Boys,
The Velvet Underground,
Journey Solo Artists: Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen,
Elvis, Brendan Benson, David
Bowie, Rick Springfield, Barry Manilow, Paul Stanley Solo Album,
Bob Dylan, Rod
Stewart
Singers: Michael Jackson (age 14 & under), Karen
Carpenter, Whitney Houston (particularly The Bodyguard soundtrack),
George Michael, Louie Louie, Robin Zander, Frank Sinatra, Steve
Perry, Gerard Way,
Kelly Clarkson
Albums: Appetite for Destruction - Guns & Roses; Life -
The
Cardigans; A
Hard Day's Night - The Beatles; Dookie -
Green Day; Blue -
Weezer; One Missisipi - Brendan
Benson; Two Steps from the Move - Hanoi Rocks; Led Zeppelin I, The
Doors, In The Valley of Dying Stars - SuperDrag; Survivor When
Seconds Count - Rick Springfield, Working Class Dog -
Pink Floyd, Wish You
Were Here - The Shore
Instruments: The Er Hu,
Piano, certain
guitar tones (Rocket from the Crypt, Sex
Pistols, Rolling Stones)
MySpace Artists: Limbeck, Butch Walker, The Fictions, The
Ettes, Feable Weiner, Billionaire Boys Club, Halfway Home, The
Pacific, The Honorary Title, Stranded Alone, Kill Hannah,
FallOutBoy, Melee, The
Shore, The Summer Obsession, Kino, Cary Brothers, The Volunteers,
The Howl, Head Automatica, Seel Fresh, Jupiter Sunrise, Keane, Say
Anything. Tsar, Much The Same,
Plain White T's!
Movies:
Films: Lawrence of Arabia, Ben Hur, Patton,
Spartacus, Gandhi, The 10 Commandments, Apocalypse Now, Beauty
& The Beast (the cartoon), Thin Red Line,
Titanic, Gladiator, The Patriot,
Breakfast at Tiffanys, Un Coeur en Hiver, The Empire of the Sun,
Gone With the Wind, The
Godfather, 2001, Clockwork Orange,
Blade Runner, Deer Hunter, Mean Streets, Grease, Urban Cowboy,
Saturday Night Fever, The Sound of Music, Copland, Dances With
Wolves, Good Will Hunting
Directors:
Kubrick, Francis Copolla, Steven
Spielberg
TV:Desperate Housewives,
Lost,
24, American Idol
Authors:
Nietzsche, George Orwell, Milan
Kundera, Laurens van der Post