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I’m in Los Angeles — day three, now — hoping to meet some people and pin down some interviews for my book on pet cloning.

One of them, whose unlisted phone number I don’t have, is Liam Lynch, creator of the video above, which is about his cloned cat, Finnegan Forcefield.

I exchanged emails with Lynch a couple of months ago, and he seemed game for an interview. But my latest emails to him haven’t been answered, meaning either he changed his mind or he’s wrapped up in a project.

Lynch is a composer, musician, puppeteer, director and writer, who, in addition to directing music videos, helped create the MTV’s Sifl and Olly Show and co-wrote the original music in the movie, School of Rock. He also composed music for the MTV animated series Clone High, and directed the movie, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Lynch is now working on a science fiction screenplay.

He also produces a regular podcast called LynchLand, one episode of which focuses on getting Frankie Forcefield cloned.

Lynch is a major proponent of cloning technology and one of only a handful of owners of commercially-cloned cats. His favorite cat, Frankie Forcefield, was killed in March 2006. Lynch had Frankie cloned, and received his replicated cat, Finnegan Forcefield, in September 2006.

He also, I see on his myspace page, has the same birthday as me — 9/5.

So here’s my offer — if you know Liam’s phone number, and email it to me, I’ll send you a free copy of the book, due out next September. And if you are Liam, dude, call me. My number’s in the three emails I sent you.

Meanwhile, I’m finding plenty to do here in Inglewood. Tune in tomorrow for the story of a pit bull named Topaz, a homeless man’s service dog who lost his leg after being shot five times during a barrage of police gunfire.

Despite that, judging from the face licking he gave me a few minutes ago, he holds no grudge against humans.