New York based artist Frank Haines is a visual artist, performer, writer, and a lot of what he does barely falls into those confines. Quantifying him, short changes what he does. His performances often involve music, theater and a lot in between. He has written several essays and books. Florida Damage is a long memoir type essay about his early days in Florida. He has performed as Sandy Smiles, Francis Heinzfeller and other names. He is interested in a wide variety of subjects. We talked about the occult, psychedelics, Florida etc.