Keenan "KT" Thoreau

General

• Lives in the Artist's Quarter with his partner of 13 years, Ripley Wayans

• Member of the band Roll For Damage
• Popularly known as "KT"
• Refers to Alejo Jackson as family; nicknamed him "A.J."

• In 2001 (264 AC), along with bandmate Echo West, was arrested on drug charges and sentenced to undergo treatment.
  • Alejo Jackson NARCed on them when musical output began failing.
• In more recent years, the two are thought to be still fighting such addictions with increased difficulty.

• Very socially and politically outspoken.
  • Arrested at a protest against development of the Northside Nature Preserve, as one of the organizers/speakers
  • Revealed by the Recon Encryption Puzzle as a secret member of the Reconstructionists cult
  • After Ryan Klein was fired from his Sentinel position - ostensibly because he was a Reconstructionist - KT made a public statement announcing he too is a Reconstructionist, showing solidarity among brothers, and pleading the city to show their outrage at the Sentinel.
  • Sings lead vocal on the socially motivated RFD song Wisdom, which is more or less his personal views of Religious intolerance in the city.

• Thoreau wed his longtime companion Wayans in a dawn Lighting of the Way ceremony on Alchemy Beach, 23-SEP-06.
  • Was handled by Reconstructionist officiant Sister Jaina.
  • Thoreau and Wayans spent the preceding night on the beach in meditation;
  • They were joined shortly before sunrise by their guests, and the day was celebrated by a surprisingly quiet breakfast on a pavilion overlooking the bay.
  • The small ceremony was attended primarily by close friends and relatives, including:
    • Alejo Jackson
    • Joya (with Jackson)
    • Echo West
    • Helix Hesh
    • Serena Duncan (with Hesh)
    • Randal Tokei
    • several highly-placed members of the Reconstructionists

References

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 05-APR-05 "RFD Back to Studio" (link)
  • article, 11-APR-05 "Five Arrested During Northside Protest" (link)
  • article, 04-JUL-05 "KT Shocker: 'I'm a Reconstructionist'" (link)
  • article, 05-SEP-05 "Initiative Takes Off" (link)
  • article, 08-SEP-05 "View from Earth: Religious Freedom" (link)
  • article, 15-SEP-05 "Iona Interviews... Keenan Thoreau" (link)
  • letters, 19-JAN-06 "Sexual Politics" (link)
  • article, 25-SEP-06 "KT Weds in Seaside Lighting Ceremony" (link)

• Recon Encryption Puzzle