Thomas Schoenberger, 2020
| Thomas Schoenberger, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Born | Thomas Andrew Schoenberger 1960 California |
| 🏳️ Nationality | United States |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | classical music, QAnon, Cicada 3301 |
| Twitter= | |
Search Thomas Schoenberger on Amazon.
Thomas Andrew Schoenberger (born June 1, 1960) is an Internet celebrity[1] musician, and composer.[2][3] associated with numerous political conspiracies including the murder of Seth Rich,[4] Cicada 3301 and QAnon.[1][5] Schoenberger is best known for connections to various conspiracies and puzzles: his association with financier Ed Butowsky in the murder of Seth Rich via his business Shadowbox Strategies;[4] the internet puzzle Cicada 3301 from 2015 to 2018; and from 2017 on, associations to QAnon.[6][7][8]
Musical career[edit]
As a musician, Schoenberger is best known for for his piano compositions for infants.[2][3][9][10]
The song "Looney Bin," co-credited to Schoenberger as Tom Schoenberger, appears on Angelyne's self-titled 1982 album. Schoenberger also co-wrote music for the public access television movie "Santa and Sons and Daughter" with business partner Eric Symons.[10][11][12]
Aaron Rich[edit]
On June 27, 2019, Schoenberger provided a deposition for the Aaron Rich vs. Ed Butowsky, Matthew Couch, and America First lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Aaron Rich, the brother of murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich had filed a defamation lawsuit against financier Ed Butowsky. Schoenberger co-founded Shadowbox Strategies, a reputation restoration and repair company Butowsky hired in 2018.[4]
QAnon[edit]
Schoenberger has been a focus of documentaries and articles centering around the origins of the internet phenomenon QAnon. He denies that he has any involvement with QAnon.[5][6][7][13]
Cicada 3301[edit]
Some ARG experts and players have stated that Schoenberger "game-jacked" (misappropriated through social engineering) the Cicada puzzles from 2017 on.[5][7]
Personal life[edit]
Shoenberger's father, Theodore L. Schoenberger, was a psychoanalyst;[14] his mother was a tour guide and author, and his brother is a cancer researcher.[15][16]
The composer's second wife is pianist Farank Shahroozi[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Holt, Jared. "Racist and Anti-Semitic Internet Troll Brags in Private He Works for Infowars". Right Wing Watch. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Series Gears Classical To Infant 'Playful Minds". Billboard. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Demsey, Andy. "Hardly a lullaby / A violent attack turned Napa man into a classical composer -- for babies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sommer, Will. "Right-Wing Activists Discussed Wiretapping Seth Rich's Family, Three People in the Room Say". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bloom, Moskalenko, Mia, Sophia (June 15, 2021). Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon (first ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. pp. 7, 11. ISBN 978-1503630291. Retrieved 20 August 2021. Search this book on
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kaminska, Isabella. "Is QAnon a game gone wrong?". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Kaminska, Isabella. "The 'game theory' in the Qanon conspiracy theory". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ "QAnon 101". Vice (magazine). Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ "Napa composer creates 'Music for Infants'".
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Carson, L. Pierce. "Napa composer is a hit with baby music". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ↑ Carson, Pierce. "Local cast and crew create new holiday movie". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ Goetting, Jay. "Napa talent agency in scrape with Vallejo DJ". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ "Vice TV presents QAnon 101: The Search for Q". Vice TV. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ "Theodore Schoenberger 1923-2010". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ↑ Paulsen, Sasha. "Debut novel tells a story of the Danish resistance in World War II". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ↑ "Elsebeth Neilsen Schoenberger". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ↑ "Morocco to Bali, in the Valley / For Napa partygoers, the theme was themes". SFGate.com. SFgate. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
This article "Thomas Schoenberger" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Thomas Schoenberger. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
