User:Adriannelacy/Brendan Sullivan DJVH1

Brendan Sullivan (born May 14, 1982 ), also known as DJ VH1 is an American writer, journalist and DJ currently residing in Brooklyn, New York: perhaps best known for his work with Lady Gaga. He also writes a series of male hygiene and appearance articles for The Fashion Spot under the moniker "The Modern Gentleman", and has been published a short story in a collection titled Breakfast Anytime -- also the title of his regularly-updated blog. In June of 2007 he was featured in The New York Observer in an article which later met with some personal attacks and derision: from Gawker, Mediabistro, and various blogs (see Chasing Ray, Alaya Dawn Johnson). He is currently working on his second novel, a play centered around the Shakespearean character Mercutio.

Sullivan wrote Gaga's hit "Poker Face", and appeared in her music video "Just Dance."

Biography
Brendan Sullivan grew up in Simsbury, Connecticut. He graduated in 2004 from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he majored in English and Womens and Gender Studies.

He got his start DJing in Chicago.

Influences and Style
Sullivan cites Herman Melville's Moby Dick as one of his favorite novels, as well as Hemingway's A Moveable Feast.