dance tunes for tough times.

BLADFOLD: THE STORY OF BRAD NIXON is a 45 minute animated musical documentary short film telling the crazy but true story of my father, Brad Nixon.  To learn more, click on the trailer and selected clips from the film.

The music for Bladfold was created by myself (David Nixon) and Daniel Spils.

I enjoy making moving pictures.  Especially when there's music involved.

Musical groups I'm in or have been in.

I've been performing in various sorts of theatrical and musical shows since I was a kid.  Here's some recent stuff.

Sketches, paintings, drawings, encaustic, Photoshop, etc.

Here are some of my publications ranging from academic and political writing to poetry and fiction.

I received my Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Washington in 2004, and a Graduate Certificate in computer science in 2017.

Since 2006 I've been teaching at UW Bothell.

Here's my CV.

(Most recently updated: 2018)

I offer year-round, one-on-one tutoring to middle school, high school, and college students