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| Occupation | Writer, Actor |
| Genre | LGBT, Gay, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama |
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| http://www.clintcatalyst.com | |
Clint Catalyst (b. April 8, 1971) is an American author, actor, spoken word performer and stylist.
Catalyst has covered music, fashion, LGBT issues, and popular culture for magazines including Los Angeles magazine, LA Weekly, Frontiers, Out, and Swindle.
Early life
Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas Catalyst was raised an only child to Southern Baptist parents. Other than a year in Germany on scholarship, he remained there until he attended Hendrix College, where he started As If magazine and received a Bachelors in English. Upon graduation, Catalyst went to San Francisco, where he earned a Master of Arts in Writing degree from the University of San Francisco. He said he knew he was gay from a young age.
Writing in the LA Weekly, Linda Immediato called Catalyst a "Midwestern ex–meth head who came to L.A. by way of San Francisco, where he was a goth art-club darling — the most photographed model of the underground." In Los Angeles in the 1990s "he became the most sought-after nightclub... guest-list gatekeeper, wooed by seemingly every hip promoter in the city."
Published work
In 2000, Catalyst's book Cottonmouth Kisses was released by San Francisco-based publisher Manic D Press, developing a widespread "cult following" according to No-Fi magazine. The book went into its second printing in 2007.
In support of the book, Catalyst toured the U.S. and Canada with friend and author Michelle Tea. During the book tour, they came up with the idea to solicit first-person narratives for an anthology they co-edited entitled Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache. The book reached #10 on the Los Angeles Times non-fiction paperback Bestseller list the week after its release on March 14, 2004. The book was also a 2004 Lambda Literary Awards finalist in the fiction anthology category.
Spoken Word
Catalyst has appeared as a spoken word performer at: The Bumbershoot festival ; OUTFEST ; the New York Fringe Lit Festival; the Dark Arts Festival; ; Convergence 9; Scutterfest; the West Hollywood Book Fair; the Highways in Santa Monica; The Village in Los Angeles; the Radar Reading Series in San Francisco; and at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA .
From May through August 2008, Catalyst's To Push Away Or Clutch was on display at the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, PA. The exhibition was an eight-year retrospective of Glenn Kaino's work.
Acting
In the 2007 short film In the Spotlight, Catalyst was cast to play a charlatan Bell Wartock opposite Guinevere Turner.
Television
In 2004, with a writing partner, Darren Stein, they co-created a drama entitled The Flyover States for a development deal with Touchstone/ABC. As an associate show producer, he worked for three cycles (2005-2006) on the reality series “America's Next Top Model.”
On February 8, 2008, Catalyst won the first place for TV Host in CBS's BigShotLive contest.. His role for the followup winner's episode was red carpet commentator for the 2008 Grammys. This marks the second time that he's done red carpet commentary for a major awards show.
In November 2008, Catalyst had a cameo as the stylist for Antoine de Caunes in Allez a L.A.!, a five-part series that ran on the French Cable Network Canal Plus.
On March 5, 2009, Catalyst appears as a special guest in an episode of the reality television series Germany's Next Top model, hosted by Heidi Klum.
Model and stylist
Catalyst has had a variety of modeling assignments, including an appearance on the cover of a book, The Best of Alice Joanou.
In March of 2008, Catalyst was chosen to appear in a national Peta2 "Fur Is Dead" campaign.. In February of 2009, the company Bang Bang Baby Designs announced him as their first male spokesmodel. Catalyst has been described as the "muse" for avant-garde designer Jared Gold, and has worked as an event producer for some of Gold's fashion shows .
Host
He worked as a “celebrity judge” for the Asian Pacific AIDS Alliance Quest Beauty Pageant and was hired by Paper Magazine as a judge for Audrey Kuenstler's 'High Fashion Wrestling' event. He's done red carpet duty at several awards ceremonies, including the 2007 Emmy Awards for Buzznet.
Works
- Cottonmouth Kisses (2000) ISBN 978-0916397654
- Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person (with Michelle Tea) (2004) ISBN 1555837530
Short stories - books
- What It's Like - Porn! Dirty Gay Erotica (edited by Ian Phillips and Greg Wharton) ISBN 1560235829
- As Far as Therapy Goes - The Salivation Army Black Book (edited by Scott Treleaven) ISBN 0-89439-021-X
- My Attempts at Polyamory - The Best of Both Worlds (edited by Sage Vivant and M Christian) ISBN 156023492X
- Praise for the Prancy Boys - That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (edited by Matt Bernstein Sycamore) ISBN 1593761953
- A Love Like Ours Is Dangerous - Afterwords: Real Sex from Gay Men’s Diaries (edited by Kevin Bentley) ISBN 1555836569
- Friend or Faux: An Excerpt from Turnskin - Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache (edited by Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea) ISBN 1555837530
- Some New Kind of Kick - Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses (edited by Thomas S. Roche) ISBN 1892723034
Nonfiction - books
- Door Etiquette for the Nightlife Challenged - Good Advice for Young Trendy People Of All Ages (edited by Jennifer Blowdryer) ISBN 1933149027
- Clubland in El Lay - The Underground Guide to Los Angeles (2nd Edition) (edited by Pleasant Gehman) ISBN 0916397815
Notes
- a. Catalyst's articles have appeared in Los Angeles magazine LA Weekly,, Frontiers, Swindle and at Out.
References
- de la Croix, Sukie (2000-08-02). "The Cottonmouth Kisses of a Small Town Boy". Outlines. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- "Biography". clintcatalyst.com. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- Linda Immediato. "Clint Catalyst". laweekly.com. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- The No-Fi "Magazine" interview with Clint Catalyst
- ""BESTSELLERS; LOS ANGELES TIMES LIST FOR MARCH 14, 2004"".
- Lambda Literary Foundation
- Bumbershoot Literary Arts Festival (September 2002) http://www.bumbershoot.org/history.htm
- http://www.outfest.org/fest2002/fest2002.platinumartist.html
- http://www.darkartsfestival.com/2001/index.html
- http://www.virulent.org/converg4/past.html
- http://www.litrave.com/archives/archives14.htm
- http://www.poetryflash.org/0805.00_norcal_calendar.html
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/16/RV7C10J8RI.DTL
- http://www.fritzhaeg.com/salon/events/12lamasterminding_text.html
- Acrylic, Kim (April 2009). "Interview with Clint Catalyst". The Battered Suitcase. Vol. 1, no. 11. Vagabondage Press. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ArtDaily. 2008-04-27 http://artdaily.org/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=24010. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
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- Josef Adalian (2007 -16-11). ""Flyover has ABC aboard"". Variety.com. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
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- Lina Lecaro. ""Freaky Stylee"". "LA Weekly".
- ""Clint Catalyst is first Big Shot Live TV Host winner"". Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- http://www.canalplus.fr/index.php?pid=2863
- "Steve Diet Goedde Photography".
- "Exquisite Restraint".
- "Book Cover by Steve Diet Goedde".
- ""Peta2 blogs on Clint Catalyst"". Peta2.
- http://www.bangbangbabydesigns.com/CLINT.html
- Ryder, Caroline (2008-03-05). "Q&A: Clint Catalyst". Metromix.
- http://www.inthisweek.com/article.asp?id=2322
- "Thinking outside the Smashbox". Metromix Los Angeles.
- LA Weekly - Columns - L.A. Fashion Week Smackdown - Linda Immediato - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles
- http://www.apaitonline.org/newsArticle.asp?articleID=82
- Lina Lecaro. ""Nightranger"". LA Weekly.
- http://www.lamag.com/bola/article.aspx?id=12982
- "Clint Catalyst articles". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- Clint Catalyst. "The Future is Jeffree Star". Frontiers Magazine.com. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- swindlemagazine.com Clint Catalyst articles
- Out.com Features | Love Transamerican Style