Marcin Kochanowski ([ˈmart͡sin kɔxaˈnɔvski], MURR-tseen KAW-khu-NOV-skee), aka Kochaś ([ˈkɔxaɕ], KAW-khush), is a Polish fan of popular music and science fiction. Professionally, an interactive PR strategist and SEO consultant, with an expertise in online reputation management. Formerly, a newspaper journalist and editor.
[edit] Background
Marcin's resemblance to the famous ancestor
Marcin is a remote descendant of the Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski (left), most recognized for his 1580 Laments, dedicated to daughter Urszula (which is happened to be also the name of Marcin's mother, while Jan being his grandfather's). The nickname Kochaś, which has been attached to Marcin (Polish: Martin) since kindergarten, may unfortunately evoke various connotations for some, as it's a common Polish colloquialism, literally for: sweetheart or loverboy.
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He is proud of his hometown Gdańsk (today part of the Tricity), the historic place, in which, in 1939 World War II started, and where in 1980 Poland's and eventually Eastern Europe's communism saw its end in the revolutionary Gdańsk Shipyard.
Since 1999 Marcin lives in Warsaw, struggled by history Poland's fast growing capital city (home of the unfortunate Palace of Culture and Science), where Frédéric Chopin and Marie Curie grew up.
As a recognition of Marcin's worship of Indian cuisine, one of the towns in Bihar state in India was named — Kochas...
[edit] Journalism
In 1994, his first job was co-hosting and producing a music show in Radio ARnet, the "legendary" local radio station in Gdańsk.
After moving to Warsaw, Marcin was a news journalist in the daily Życie. He also contributed articles for the New York City-based Polish daily Nowy Dziennik, national daily Rzeczpospolita, as well as album reviews and interviews with musicians for music magazines. After contibuting to the daily Nowy Dzień he was a journalist and online editor of Gazeta Wyborcza and had a weekly column on entertainment websites.
[edit] Beyond
As a part of the digital marketing strategies, Marcin has been managing an Internet presence for several brands — on social media marketing channels including Facebook and Twitter.
His other favorite topics are brand management as well as product placement in feature films.
[edit] Interests
Marcin is a music lover and constant observer of the music industry. Most of all he's a fan of electronic music. Nevertheless he considers The Beatles the popular music's essence.
He admires a work of many contemporary musicians including: Trent Reznor, Maynard James Keenan, Billy Corgan, Damon Albarn, Björk, Mike Patton, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones and Prince. Marcin's most inspiring bands are The KLF and The Smashing Pumpkins.
[edit] Movies and TV series
Marcin values such film directors as: Steven Spielberg (especially for his Saving Private Ryan and A.I.), Clint Eastwood (The Bridges of Madison County), Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill) — and actors: George Clooney (Intolerable Cruelty), Leonardo di Caprio (The Aviator), Jodie Foster (Panic Room) and The Frat Pack comedies.
He is a big fan of contemporary American television series: HBO's The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Big Love, Carnivàle, In Treatment and the recent Bored to Death — as well as Showtime's Dexter, Weeds, Californication and Secret Diary of a Call Girl. And beside such casual thrillers as Fox's unmercifully dragging 24, Prison Break and the uncompromising Showtime's documentary Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, Marcin has also been intrigued by ABC's Lost and Fox's medical drama House.
His recent favorites include AMC's 1960s' advertising agency drama Mad Men and HBO's vampire supernatural drama True Blood.
[edit] Science fiction
Being at the same age as George Lucas' science fiction film Star Wars, Marcin remembers its 1980 sequel The Empire Strikes Back as one of the first films he saw in a movie theater. Marcin has been particularly fascinated by the concept of time travel and a predestination paradox, especially thanks to the impact of Robert Zemeckis' 1985 Back to the Future Part II.
Currently, his most anticipated feature films of the genre are: the upcoming film adaptation of the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons; the 2011 two-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, The Hobbit — and the announced new film based on Frank Herbert's Dune (and hopefully, all the other novels of the Dune series).
[edit] Contributions
As a Wikipedian, during his free time Marcin contributes to Wikipedia articles mostly in the WikiProject Albums. Some of his recent contributions include:
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Coordinates: 52°13′59″N 20°59′54″E / 52.233122°N 20.998296°E / 52.233122; 20.998296
Warsaw, Poland
