Adrian Salsgiver in New York City 1976, photo © by Lloyd M. Williams

BIOGRAPHY OF ADRIAN SALSGIVER

Adrian Salsgiver was a good kid.

Adrian grew up going to Unity Church where he loved to play his trumpet.


Adrian's new trumpet, April 6, 2004

Adrian was presented a Bible on March 2, 1969.
He was in Cub Scouts and later joined the Civil Air Patrol.
Adrian was interested in a lot of things, especially politics.
He was a young teenage member of the John Birch Society.


His favorite book was Red Primer for Children and Diplomats.
Adrian played baseball and football in high school and had
his own swing band when he was sixteen. He is a long time
Washington Redskins fan and was a lifetime New York Yankees fan,
But Adrian has his own team now, the Washington Nationals.


In 1976, when Adrian was seventeen, he went to the
Gay Liberation Day Parade and was pictured in the New York Times.
This did not go over well with most his friends in the
National Traditionalist Caucus, a Conservative youth group.

Adrian was pictured in the New York Times again in May of 2003,
when he went to the White House to confer with Senior Officials.
This went over well with his friends in the Log Cabin Republicans.

On his 18th birthday Adrian hitchhiked to New York City.
He was also interested in photography, filmmaking,
and because he liked to perform, wanted to model and be in movies.
Adrian became the protege of a former Madison Avenue advertising executive,
experimental filmmaker and cinematographer Lloyd M. Williams
of the New York Underground Cinema Movement.

Mr. Williams was shooting film for German filmmaker Rosa Von Praunheim
and needed an assistant. Adrian pulled a dolly that Lloyd was lying on
through a crowd of disco dancers at Numbers, a gay bar on the upper
West Side of Manhattan.

In February, 1977 Adrian was introduced to the now historic rock and roll band,
the Ramones. He was informed by a close friend that;
"You look just like them, they look just like you".
In order to avoid a lawsuit from the Carbona Company,
a replacement song was required for Carbona Not Glue
on the American release of their second album, Leave Home.
The Ramones wrote their biggest hit, the ultimate anthem of freedom and
liberty, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, about their new teenage friend Adrian.


Andy Warhol: "You don't mind being the cute boy, do you, Adrian?"
Adrian: "No, I don't mind. Somebody has to be the cute boy,
otherwise there would be no cute boys."

The Ramones video in Ken Burns' Rock-and-Roll:
The History of Rock and Roll in Five Episodes (Episode 5)
was shot by Adrian in the Spring of 1977 at CBGBs.
Ramones Manager Danny Fields put a video camera in Adrian's hands
and told him it was "Seymour's Camera" and to "shoot the Ramones".
Mr. Fields was referring to Seymour Stein, owner of Sire Records
and most famous for signing Madonna.
It was a big, heavy black and white videocam,
with a huge battery pack that went over one shoulder and a big,
heavy tape deck that went over the other shoulder.

Joey Ramone's first words to Adrian were "Why do you have a leather jacket?
Are you trying to be like us?" This was at the time when the only people
who had leather jackets were war veterans, bikers, the Ramones,
and some guys who danced with Adrian at
the Anvil (a gay bar in Manhattan) and who later became
well known as The Village People.


Adrian flies to Fire Island, June 1978


Adrian's Passport, September 1979


Adrian in Singapore, May 1980


In 1981 Adrian bought a new motorcycle.

Adrian drove his motorcycle from New York to Los Angeles.
He settled in Phoenix, Arizona where he studied to be a missionary.
Traveling to Mexico with his new church group
he brought food to an impoverished village.
In 1983 Adrian drove his motorcycle back East to Washington, DC
where he met newly elected DC City Council member
Carol Schwartz, a gay friendly Republican.
From Carol's office Adrian telephoned every unmarried male
who was registered Republican in the District of Columbia and helped
form the local chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans.
In 1986 Carol ran for Mayor and Adrian shot a video for her.

Adrian got a job with the Republican National Committee.
His mentor in filmmaking, Lloyd Williams, found Adrian a better job on
Long Island, NY as a market researcher doing movie surveys.
Adrian took the job and later volunteered at the Cinema Arts Centre's
office where he learned the insides of the business.
Adrian also served as moderator for the Screenwriters Discussion Group
at the Cinema.


Adrian's birthday at the Cinema's office, 1999

Adrian is the creator of the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
With the help and cooperation of the
Co-Directors and staff of the Cinema Arts Centre,
and the Board of Directors and volunteers of the
Community House of Long Island,
the Festival has become a very productive and empowering event
in a heavily populated homophobic area.


Adrian working with 16mm movie film, 2000

In a spiritual vision God revealed to Adrian that he had a movie.
Adrian created Rainbow's Child (USA, 2001, 15 min.)
featuring 16mm movie film shot in the late 1970s by Mr. Williams.


Adrian Salsgiver in Toronto Canada, May 2002

Adrian now lives in Washington, DC again.
He is making short films and is involved in politics.

Adrian is also busy working on the rewrite of the
movie script of RAINBOW'S CHILD
THE FEATURE LENGTH MOTION PICTURE!

Adrian's friends include Ambassadors, University Professors,
Musicians, Lawyers, Judges, Law School Professors, Artists,
Politicians, Police Officers, Authors, Lobbyists, Journalists, etc.,
and the movers and shakers of Washington, DC.


Tia and Adrian - January 21, 2004 - Washington, DC

Adrian likes Law Students because they are interested in things
that he is interested in, including and especially politics.

Adrian Salsgiver is a rich Republican.
He is rich because he has many wonderful friends who love him.

Adrian's new favorite book is
This Is Russell: Russell Is A Republican

"I have participated in several neighborhood and citizen groups
over the years and worked to initiate a change in policy and/or deregulate.
I must admit, the results have been mixed, however, in those instances,
I have believed that the effort was justified, even obligatory."
-- Russell's Mommy, Deborah C. Gamec

Adrian's current project is a documentary film about
C.A.T.S., Capitol Area Troubadour Society

Mr. Salsgiver's limousines are provided by the
Passport Limousine Service 202.363.8300

Email Adrian Salsgiver at:
adrian@rainbowschild.com

See some of Adrian's work in the new movie PUNK'S NOT DEAD


© 2001 - 2006 Rainbow's Child Productions