Buxton was born New Year’s Day, 1959 in Maidenhead, England and grew up listening to his mother saying, “David, if you can’t behave properly, then don’t behave at all.” He took her advice. Upon arriving in the U.S. in 1979 he became a founding member and singer of the punk rock band ‘the Stains’. And then overstayed his visa. He rode from England to Greece on his bicycle. He’s been married twice (briefly), is mostly single but specializes in short intense love affairs. He’s the world’s worst driver that is still alive. That’s the second miracle. After breaking his neck in 1994 he became disabled and impotent. His wonderful daughter, Lucy Moon, was born in 1996 and is the third miracle. His employment record is long and varied.

He’s been a journalist and a street vendor, a teacher and a N.Y.C. bicycle messenger, a trucking, a shipping and a box office manager (in this job he created and then prayed to a box office god who would make money appear in the cash box, year after year, which was spent on an annual staff sunset party aboard a concrete-hulled sailing vessel in Sag Harbor, Long Island. This was the first miracle), a dishwasher, a postman, an actor, landscaper and research assistant. He’s grateful for the life he’s lived. The castle is his first attempt at construction and large-scale land restoration. He currently sponsors the chess club at Lucy’s school and tells everyone he’s a bum.