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I know what you're thinking:Who is this "El Rockwell?"; What kind of weird accent is that?;Is it THE Rockwell?; Are his words like his dick...?
The good thing is, you are here. So some of your questions will be answered. The bad thing:This is like an episode of LOST. It raises more questions.
Everyone has their mysteries. Their secrets. You can keep them to yourself, hidden in the darkest recesses of your mind. I have stalked the shadows like these streets of Phoenix, and I can no longer hide my huge hippocampus.
Instead I take cover behind it. I took my own opaque fortunes and spread it on the page like Nutella on a waffle for all to taste. And it is sweet.(Will you pervs stop pestering me?! Nutella is a delicious hazelnut and chocolate spread I was recently introduced to, NOT a thinly veiled sexual innuendo! Geez...)
I have been writing for years. I've won local and national poetry contests. Slammed ala Saul. Tutored on Neruda. From Bukowski to Aesop to Ginsburg I have met comparisons and shattered them. I am a Tyler Durden of the time. A zeitgeist. A martyr. A supervillain. And REAL supervillains wear purple.
But this is all just rhetoric. Come to my 'Nix. Ask around and hear the hushed whispers you get as a response. Taste the future, because HOPE is blood flavored.
"Is he really that dark?!?"
Well, that remains to be seen. My doctor says I may be schizophrenic. I have also been diagnosed as bi-polar, manic depressive, "mentally eccentric" etc...
I don't know about all that. "I don't FEEL bi-polar". I think I may be more sane than the next man. The thing is, I learned a long time ago that when I lay pen to paper, to write about wrongs, its a relief. Others have told me how amazing it is to hear someone say how they feel. I've been told that they are right there with me. That they "get it". Thats cool.
I write for me, but even more than that....I write for you.
My first book, ATOMIC WAIT, is out now. You can read the reviews below. If you like what you hear, cop it. Its cheap. And it will change your life forever. Not in a Biblical sort of way, more like the first time you saw a slasher flick, the night your parents were killed in an alley before your very eyes,or the night you lost your virginity. It will open your mind to new possibilities. I feel I should mention though, that rumor about page 13 being laced with acid is just that, A RUMOR(officer!).
I also have a line of t-shirts, and stickers. And will custom design a shirt or stickers for you if you so de$ire. If you don't support starving artists, they end up dead ones.
My second book, SYMPATHETIC FEAR, is coming soon. Until then, cop ATOMIC WAIT, and check out the audio samples from book two.
Love me. Hate me. Cut me. Kill me. Buy me. Sell me. Comment me.Scream at me.
~El
And El does NOT stand for "the".
Some reviews are in for ATOMIC WAIT:
"Poet El Rockwell shows a mastery of language far beyond his years. With a dedication to wordplay and a vocabulary never before seen in poetry. His words jump off the page, attacking like an American soldier in an oil rich country."
Nice.Next:
"Is it rap? Is it poetry? Its it illegal? Yes to all. El Rockwell is the type of poet that comes around once a generation. The type to paint vivid pictures of a seemingly post apocalyptic world crumbling around us all, only to show that it is in fact the world of today."
Actually, what I was going for was Pre-apocalyptic world trembling at my feet, but I guess its open to interpretation. Next:
"El Rockwell's poetry blows my mind, I cant believe ANYONE can write like this!"
Like I said, my mission is to blow your mind and then your car, cos Rockwell ain't a nom de plume, its a nom de guerre. Next:
"If it wasn't for El, and his amazing poetry, I would be dead in a ditch somewhere with tiny bugs gnawing away at my very soul...still. Buy his book, and you wont be sorry for long."
Um....actually you wont be sorry, period.Oooh! This next one sounds like a ringing endorsement! :
"El Rockwell's poetry saved my life and my marriage! Unfortunately, it killed my children, but you have to take the bad with the good right?"
Riiiiight. One more quote, and this one actually qualifies as about me! Awesome! :
"El Rockwell dominates the Phoenix poetry scene with dark, despotic flows and unheard of rhyme schemes. He can often be found at poetry readings spreading his rants, raps and thesis' as if it were the new AIDS, or on a soapbox doing the same. This pop culture meets politically charged scribe is a prolific play-write, scripting the dialog which drives our communal soul."
For more reviews of my work, check out my comments. Want your copy of ATOMIC WAIT? Click below, or visit lulu.com/elrockwell. Scream at me.
