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Scuff Mud

About Me

A project begun in 2006 by Eckhard Gerdes and Shelf Life.

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Member Since: 16/12/2006
Band Website: www.experimentalfiction.com
Band Members: Eckhard Gerdes and Shelf Life
Influences: Kenneth Patchen, Raymond Federman, A Tomato a Day, Syd Barrett, Skip Spence, Captain Beefheart, Daevid Allen, William Burroughs, Marc Bolan, Frank Zappa, Flo & Eddie, Firesign Theatre, Jim Morrison, Patti Smith et al."Scuff Mud is a tapestry of digital age articulation and experimental fiction escalated with skill, precision, and the unique, rich, fascinating comicality of Eckhard Gerdes." -- Mike Daily, author of the novel "Alarm" and voice of the band O'Grady.
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Record Label: JEF Records (distributed by CDBaby.com)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Praise from Erik Belgum!

The great audio artist Erik Belgum (see http://home.swipnet.se/sonoloco6/composers/belgum/belgumfr.h tml -- if you don't know his work, check it out!  It is brilliant!) just sent me a note re...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:38:00 GMT

Scuff Mud reviewed in Omaha CityWeekly

Eckhard Gerdes + Shelf Life,..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> "Scuff Mud" (Public Eyesore, PublicEyesore.com) Have you ever wondered what it would sound like to...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:26:00 GMT

CD is shipping May 22!

The long-awaited debut CD of Scuff Mud is shipping from the factory May 22!  It will contain 15 tracks of fiction written and read by Eckhard Gerdes with music by Omaha's amazing group of talente...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 22:25:00 GMT

The Bishop and Keith Fine--Birds of a Feather?

CHICAGO, April 25, 2007John P. Tomkins of Dubuque, Iowa, a disgruntled former postal worker, was arrested today and accused of being "The Bishop." But before the Bishop, there was another Dubuquer w...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:24:00 GMT

Eckhard will be signing books Downtown Chicago next Friday

Hi, everyone! If you have a chance and are going to be anywhere near downtown Chicago next Friday, April 27, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm, stop by the Auditorium Building at Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkw...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:35:00 GMT

New York City, here I come!

Eckhard will be reading from his work with other Red Hen Press authors at New York City's supercool Bowery Poetry Club, on Sunday, May 13 from 2 to 3:30 pm. The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, New...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:22:00 GMT

CD almost ready!

Welcome, friends! Eckhard here.  Scuff Mud, my project with Omaha's superbrilliant improvisational band Shelf Life, is almost done!  The CD should be out very shortly.  I've put four of...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:10:00 GMT