Joshua Zachariah Ellis is a writer, web designer/developer, musician and artist who currently makes his home in Las Vegas, NV.

Joshua is a long-time regular columnist for the Las Vegas CityLife alternative weekly newspaper and the editor-in-chief of Volette, a travel blog. His writing has also appeared in print publications such as Mondo 2000, Axcess, the Reno News & Review, Racket, 944 and online publications such as Mindjack.com and Worldchanging. He has also contributed to a few books, including Worldchanging: A User’s Guide For The 21st Century and The Underground Guide To Las Vegas. He has also lectured internationally on futurism-related topics.

Joshua was also the co-founder and creative director of Mperia, one of the first online music stores to allow independent and unsigned artists to sell their own work directly to their fans.

A fourth-generation musician, his first album, Travelogues, is due in the second quarter of 2008, under the name Red State Soundsystem. He has also done mastering and remix work for Las Vegas indie rock outfit the Big Friendly Corporation. Joshua has also done duty as a DJ at several venues in the Las Vegas area, including a year-long stint as the Friday night house DJ for the Art Bar. He also recently had his first solo art show of generative Flash pieces at Las Vegas’s monthly First Friday cultural festival.

In his spare time, Joshua enjoys watching sci-fi TV and cartoons, traveling, reading comic books, drinking coffee, and writing about himself in the third person for no apparent reason.

He is bigger than you, and easily bored.